| 单词 | ballroom dancing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballroom dancing ballroom dancing n. formal social dancing in couples, as a recreation or (now frequently) as a competitive activity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] ball-dancing1728 ballroom dancing1838 ballroom dance1850 1838 B. Dun Man. Private or Ball-room Dancing 12 That style or kind of dancing which is..known to us by the appellation of Private, or Ball-room Dancing. 1894 E. Scott Dancing iv. 24 Not..half the people who professed to teach ball-room dancing really knew the difference. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Adventures of Sally ii. 54 The only thing I could do..was ball-room dancing, so I ball-room danced. 1978 F. Mullally Deadly Payoff vi. 81 Strict-tempo ballroom dancing: the slow foxtrot, the quickstep, the waltz. 2004 Independent 14 Jan. 42/1 The young people who are taking up ballroom dancing—which is now widely considered to be a dance ‘sport’—in their thousands. < as lemmas |
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