单词 | bourree |
释义 | bourree in British Englishnoun traditional French dance in fast duple time bourrée in British English (ˈbʊəreɪ) noun 1. a traditional French dance in fast duple time, resembling a gavotte 2. a piece of music composed in the rhythm of this dance Word origin C18: from French bourrée a bundle of faggots (it was originally danced round a fire of faggots)bourrée in American English (buˈreɪ) noun 1. a lively 17th-cent. French dance in duple time 2. music for this dance, or a composition of similar rhythm Word origin Fr < bourrir, to beat wings, whir (as a partridge)Word lists with Types of composition |
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