单词 | ballet |
释义 | ballet/ˈbaleɪ / /ˈbali/noun [mass noun] 1An artistic dance form performed to music, using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures. Classical ballet, which originated in Renaissance Italy and established its present form during the 19th century, is characterized by light, graceful movements and the use of pointe shoes with reinforced toes.However, with modern ballet dance comes greater foot support through modern pointe ballet shoes and trained technique....
1.1 [count noun] A creative work or performance of ballet, or the music written for it.This is the last of the evening-length ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Soviet Union....
1.2 [treated as singular or plural] A group of dancers who regularly perform ballets: the Bolshoi Ballet...
OriginMid 17th century: from French, from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo 'a dance', from late Latin ballare 'to dance' (see ball2). Rhymes |
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