单词 | country-dance |
释义 | country-dance (once / 73871 pages) nv WORD FAMILY country-dance USAGE EXAMPLESScottish country-dance instruction, 6:30 p.m.; dancing, pipe-band performances, 7:45 p.m. Seattle Times(Oct 29, 2014) Despite its tripping iambic step, evoking a country-dance in 3-4 time, the poem is unsettled. The Guardian(Oct 08, 2012) An account of the country-dance, with the names of some of the old dance-tunes, has been given above. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) 1n a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line Syn|Hypo|Hyper contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing longways, longways dance country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other square dance, square dancingAmerican country dancing in which couples form squares do-si-doa square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places promenadea square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle sashaya square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps swinga square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them landlera moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping Virginia reel, reelan American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines Scottish reel, reela lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps quadrillea square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples folk dance, folk dancing a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) 2v perform a contradance Syn|Hyper contra danse, contradance, contredanse dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance |
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