单词 | to figure away, down, out |
释义 | > as lemmasto figure away, down, out 13. intr. Dance. To perform a figure or set of evolutions (see figure n. 16). Also, to figure away, down, out (see 15d). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > figures figure1744 to figure out1753 braid1813 1744 Coll. Country Dances 2 Foot it again and half figure. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 366 We..Teach him to fence and figure twice a week. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. v. 388 The squire himself figured down several couple with a partner. 1828 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) I. 139 One passing regret that he cannot..figure away in the dance with the best of them. < as lemmas |
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