| 单词 | tarantella |
| 释义 | tarantella (once / 31435 pages) n A quick, spirited Italian folk dance that involves much spinning and often the playing of tambourines is called the tarantella. If you have a creepy feeling that tarantella has something to do with spiders, your instincts are not too far off. A tarantella is not an eight-legged creature but is in fact a dance, or the music for it, in lively 6/8 time. It gets its name from the Italian port of Taranto, as does the tarantula. The words are united in an old folk belief that frenzied dancing was required to avoid death after a tarantula bite. WORD FAMILYtarantella: tarantellas USAGE EXAMPLESUnfortunately, Mr. Lubovitch’s idea of a tarantella is as coarse as his notion of anguish. New York Times(May 20, 2015) The suggestion of an Italian tarantella was dismissed — “Do you want to hear that for 25 laps? I’d shoot myself.” New York Times(Jul 21, 2014) The second movement, Tarantella, is reined in, in a sense, by the dance form, which actually strengthens its emotional punch. New York Times(Mar 18, 2014) 1n a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons Syn|Hyper tarantelle social dancing dancing as part of a social occasion 2n music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella Hyper dance music music to dance to |
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