单词 | bourrée |
释义 | bourrée/ˈbʊəreɪ /noun 1A lively French dance like a gavotte.It was also frequently included in the suite as an optional movement and was, like the bourrée and gavotte, usually placed after the sarabande....
1.1 Ballet A series of very fast little steps, with the feet close together, usually performed on the tips of the toes and giving the impression that the dancer is gliding over the floor.Changements, beats, and very fast pas de bourrées are possibilities here....
verb [no object] Perform a bourrée.The other evening I bourréd and fouettéd all over the house to Swan Lake....
OriginLate 17th century: French, literally 'faggot of twigs' (the dance being performed around a fire made with such twigs). |
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