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单词 pirouetting
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pirouettingn.

Brit. /ˌpɪrʊˈɛtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌpɪrəˈwɛdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pirouette v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pirouette v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of pirouette v.; an instance of this. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > spinning > pirouetting
pirouetting1821
1821 T. De Quincey J. P. F. Richter in London Mag. Dec. 609/2 The wild, giddy, fantastic,..waltzing, caprioling, pirouetting, sky-rocketing of the chamois.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. viii. 750 The pains he took with her elegant pirouettings and poussettings.
1931 V. Woolf Waves 106 Jinny's pirouetting, all of a piece, limbs and body.
1995 Moscow Times (Nexis) 4 Apr. Her mother, a ballet teacher, gently suggested that she might be better at painting than pirouetting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pirouettingadj.

Brit. /ˌpɪrʊˈɛtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌpɪrəˈwɛdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pirouette v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < pirouette v. + -ing suffix2.
That pirouettes; that resembles a pirouette or the movements of a pirouetter. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > spinning > pirouetting
pirouetting1845
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 189 Rock maples with salmon-colored leaves, as it were birds fluttering on one foot, or little pirouetting sylphs.
1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life I. viii. 286 His slovenly dress, his pirouetting walk.
1931 W. G. Robertson Life was worth Living 246 The name of Carmencita now brings me no vision of a pirouetting dancer.
2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Arts section) 22 The couples' foot-twiddles and pirouetting jumps are exaggeratedly billed in the programme as ‘bravura’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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