| 单词 | sword-dance |
| 释义 | > as lemmassword-dance sword-dance n. [compare Middle Low German swertdans, German schwertertanz, etc.] a dance in which the performers go through some evolutions with swords, or in which a person dances among naked swords laid on the ground; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > sword-dance or dancing > [noun] matachin1578 sword-dance1604 sword-dancing1648 rapier dance1811 khalifa1856 sword-play1882 rapier sword dance1923 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > sword dance matachin1589 sword-dance1868 1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. iii. sig. B2v Heres a Knight..shall..: Doe the sword daunce, with any Morris-dauncer in Christendome. 1712 N. Blundell Diary (1895) 103 I made a Sword Dance against my Marlpit is flower'd. 1814 W. Scott Diary 7 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 162 The sword-dance, now almost lost, but still practised in the Island of Papa. 1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 14 The piper played, and one of the highlanders danced the Sword dance. 1884 Whittier in Harper's Mag. Jan. 179/1 The midnight sword-dance of the northern sky. < as lemmas |
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