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单词 high kick
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Definition of high kick in English:

high kick

noun
  • A kick with the foot high in the air, for example in dancing or martial arts.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then they go back into action, fully committed to their high kicks and gravity-defying leaps among the assembled masses.
    • A relatively modem martial art, it's known for its powerful high kicks and hand strikes.
    • Then all three are shown in front of a wall of flames, performing a series of martial arts moves, including high kicks and punches.
    • But, that aside, the fishnets and high kicks of Bob Fosse's choreography are truly spectacular in a production that revives all that murder and mayhem of Chicago's seedier citizens.
    • Music-hall dancers called for shortened skirts, and their high kicks gave more emphasis to the ruffled underside and bloomers than to the exterior of the garments.

Derivatives

  • high-kicking

  • adjectiveˈhʌɪˌkɪkɪŋˈhaɪˌkɪkɪŋ
    • Making or involving kicks with the foot high in the air, for example in dancing or martial arts.

      high-kicking chorus girls
      Example sentencesExamples
      • high-kicking kung-fu action
      • British star Catherine Zeta Jones took Best Supporting Actress prize for her high-kicking role in the musical Chicago.
      • It is an exhilarating, high-kicking dance in 2/4 time.
      • The cancan, that high-kicking, exuberant dance of showgirls, originated in Le Moulin Rouge during the 1890s.
 
 

Definition of high kick in US English:

high kick

nounˈhī ˌkikˈhaɪ ˌkɪk
  • A kick with the foot high in the air, for example in dancing or martial arts.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A relatively modem martial art, it's known for its powerful high kicks and hand strikes.
    • But, that aside, the fishnets and high kicks of Bob Fosse's choreography are truly spectacular in a production that revives all that murder and mayhem of Chicago's seedier citizens.
    • Music-hall dancers called for shortened skirts, and their high kicks gave more emphasis to the ruffled underside and bloomers than to the exterior of the garments.
    • Then they go back into action, fully committed to their high kicks and gravity-defying leaps among the assembled masses.
    • Then all three are shown in front of a wall of flames, performing a series of martial arts moves, including high kicks and punches.
verbˈhī ˌkikˈhaɪ ˌkɪk
[no object]high-kick
  • Make a high kick.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A karate club from Stratton has high-kicked and chopped its way to raising more than £1,000 for the Swindon Cancer Appeal.
    • Since the troupe first pranced across the Eurovision stage, clicking their heels and high-kicking to the sound of Irish fiddles and flutes, Riverdance has played over 6,000 times in more than 220 venues.
    • Two battling brothers - who took up martial arts to defeat the bullies - have high-kicked their way to glory.
    • Five thousand people signed up for membership before the first roulette wheel was spun ensuring that as the showgirls high-kicked on the opening night, the Opera House Casino was already a sure thing.
    • Not far behind are Eddie and Arthur, now joined by Nicole James, who seems to be on hand to prove that women can high-kick and punch just as well as men.
 
 
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