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单词 jeté
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Definition of jeté in English:

jeté

noun ˈʒɛteɪʒəˈteɪZHəˈtā
Ballet
  • A jump in which a dancer springs from one foot to land on the other with one leg extended outwards from the body while in the air.

    See also grand jeté, petit jeté
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Fletcher could also move, slicing the air with grand jetés that soared across the stage.
    • Both danced their socks off - and it's not often that I have seen grand jetés performed so simultaneously by a couple!
    • Imagine hundreds of people dancing, not walking, out of an opera house in grand jetés, swirling in pirouettes.
    • There was a beautifully pregnant pause in the finish of tour jetés, which allowed us to see the stretched and steady arabesque in landing.
    • And they must land from jeté turned-in - everything they learned not to do at school.

Origin

French, past participle of jeter 'to throw'.

Rhymes

fouetté, mantellette
 
 

Definition of jeté in US English:

jeté

nounZHəˈtā
Ballet
  • A jump in which a dancer springs from one foot to land on the other with one leg extended outward from the body while in the air.

    See also grand jeté, petit jeté
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Imagine hundreds of people dancing, not walking, out of an opera house in grand jetés, swirling in pirouettes.
    • There was a beautifully pregnant pause in the finish of tour jetés, which allowed us to see the stretched and steady arabesque in landing.
    • Both danced their socks off - and it's not often that I have seen grand jetés performed so simultaneously by a couple!
    • But Fletcher could also move, slicing the air with grand jetés that soared across the stage.
    • And they must land from jeté turned-in - everything they learned not to do at school.

Origin

French, past participle of jeter ‘to throw’.

 
 
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