hornpipe

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Dancehornpipehorn‧pipe /ˈhɔːnpaɪp $ ˈhɔːrn-/ noun [countable] APDa traditional dance performed by sailors, or the music for this danceExamples from the Corpushornpipe• She heard his uncertain footsteps on the stairs and he was humming a hornpipe under his breath.• Jig, reel, and hornpipe were all I could come up with.• Traditionally every hornpipe begins as the sailors come on deck and dance figures-of-eight round the bollards before setting to work.• The conductor often allows heavy, clumsy-sounding accentuation, for example in the bass air, where he misses the jaunty hornpipe rhythm.

单词	hornpipe
释义	hornpipe From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Dancehornpipehorn‧pipe /ˈhɔːnpaɪp $ ˈhɔːrn-/ noun [countable] APDa traditional dance performed by sailors, or the music for this danceExamples from the Corpushornpipe• She heard his uncertain footsteps on the stairs and he was humming a hornpipe under his breath.• Jig, reel, and hornpipe were all I could come up with.• Traditionally every hornpipe begins as the sailors come on deck and dance figures-of-eight round the bollards before setting to work.• The conductor often allows heavy, clumsy-sounding accentuation, for example in the bass air, where he misses the jaunty hornpipe rhythm.
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