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单词 baile
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Definition of baile in English:

baile

nounˈbʌɪleɪˈbīlā
  • (in the south-western US and parts of Central and South America) a gathering for dancing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a childhood of bodas, quinceaneras, carnes asadas, bailes, misa cada domingo, with frequent trips to the other side de la linea, to Mexicali, where my relatives lived.
    • Since police are unlikely to raid a baile itself, he's unlikely to be caught in the act of singing the song.
    • The baile is at the top of the hill, where a bend in the street has created a large-enough space between ramshackle brick homes.
    • In 2000, the Rio state assembly passed a law setting strict conditions under which bailes could take place: such as obligatory metal detectors and start-to-end military police presence.
    • By the late 1980s and early 1990s the bailes had ceased being dances and become venues for organised gang warfare.
    • They bankroll the bailes as a way of showing that they're investing in their communities.
    • Theoretically, the police could come in and shut the bailes down - but they aren't likely to even try.
    • The previous week, he left a baile in the early hours of the morning in his manager's car.
    • For years, the underground bailes, or funk parties, ended in fistfights or shootouts between gangs.
    • It is after midnight and Juca says it's time to go to the neighbourhood's regular Sunday night baile.
    • Now, there are at least a dozen DJ crews with enormous speaker systems putting on more than 100 bailes every weekend.
    • At certain bailes, groups of men began to divide themselves into two sides and face one another across the dancefloor.

Origin

Spanish, 'dance, dancing'.

 
 

Definition of baile in US English:

baile

nounˈbīlā
  • (in the southwestern US and parts of Central and South America) a gathering for dancing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By the late 1980s and early 1990s the bailes had ceased being dances and become venues for organised gang warfare.
    • The previous week, he left a baile in the early hours of the morning in his manager's car.
    • At certain bailes, groups of men began to divide themselves into two sides and face one another across the dancefloor.
    • The baile is at the top of the hill, where a bend in the street has created a large-enough space between ramshackle brick homes.
    • Now, there are at least a dozen DJ crews with enormous speaker systems putting on more than 100 bailes every weekend.
    • It is after midnight and Juca says it's time to go to the neighbourhood's regular Sunday night baile.
    • In 2000, the Rio state assembly passed a law setting strict conditions under which bailes could take place: such as obligatory metal detectors and start-to-end military police presence.
    • Theoretically, the police could come in and shut the bailes down - but they aren't likely to even try.
    • For years, the underground bailes, or funk parties, ended in fistfights or shootouts between gangs.
    • Since police are unlikely to raid a baile itself, he's unlikely to be caught in the act of singing the song.
    • They bankroll the bailes as a way of showing that they're investing in their communities.
    • It was a childhood of bodas, quinceaneras, carnes asadas, bailes, misa cada domingo, with frequent trips to the other side de la linea, to Mexicali, where my relatives lived.

Origin

Spanish, ‘dance, dancing’.

 
 
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