单词 | dance of death |
释义 | dance of deathnouna symbolic dance in which Death, represented as a skeleton, leads people or skeletons to their grave. a representation of this theme in art. Also called danse macabre. Origin of dance of deathFirst recorded in 1470–80 Words nearby dance of deathdance floor, dance form, dancegoer, dancehall, dance music, dance of death, dancer, dancercise, dancerly, dance therapy, dance to another tune Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for dance of deathdance of death nouna pictorial, literary, or musical representation, current esp in the Middle Ages, of a dance in which living people, in order of social precedence, are led off to their graves, by a personification of deathAlso called (French): danse macabre Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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