单词 | carioca |
释义 | cariocan. 1. A native of Rio de Janeiro. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Brazil > towns or cities Paulista1817 carioca1830 1830 R. Walsh Notices of Brazil I. 499 A fountain in the largo or square of the Carioca. 1830 R. Walsh Notices of Brazil I. 500 The term Carioca is applied to a citizen of Rio in the same sense as cockney to a citizen of London. 1925 L. E. Elliott in Countries of World V. xxxiii. 3364/2 Every one born in the capital [Rio de Janeiro] is a ‘carioca’; the true native is supposed to be born within sight of the historic Largo de Carioca (a fine square with a great fountain). 1925 L. E. Elliott in Countries of World V. xxxiii. 3372/1 The freedom of the carioca pencil and the pungency of carioca wit. 1965 New Statesman 10 Dec. 922/2 The Cariocas have left the cool and attractive hillsides to the shanty-dwellers. 2. A type of dance related to the samba, originating in Brazil; also, the music for this dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances samba1885 rumba1912 tango1913 tangoing1913 milonga1914 carioca1934 beguine1935 mambo1946 cha-cha1954 1934 Washington Post 13 Mar. 3/5 The polka has gone out of fashion, but why don't they learn the carioca? 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xviii. 216 A certain brand of cigarette—one puff of which..will make a week-old corpse spring from its bier and dance the Carioca. 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile iii. 46 A pal of mine who had sprained an ankle while trying to teach the choir boys the carioca. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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