dance

noun

1. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

Synonym: dancingterpsichoresaltation

2. an artistic form of nonverbal communication

3. a party for social dancing

4. a party of people assembled for dancing

verb

1. move in a pattern
usually to musical accompaniment
do or perform a dance

e.g. My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio

Synonym: trip the light fantastictrip the light fantastic toe

2. move in a graceful and rhythmical way

e.g. The young girl danced into the room

3. skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways

e.g. Dancing flames
The children danced with joy

1. 跳舞
When you dance, you move your body and feet in a way which follows a rhythm, usually in time to music.

e.g. Polly had never learned to dance...
波莉从未学过跳舞。
e.g. I like to dance to the music on the radio.
我喜欢随着广播里的音乐起舞。

2. 舞蹈;舞步
A dance is a particular series of graceful movements of your body and feet, which you usually do in time to music.

e.g. Sometimes the people doing this dance hold brightly colored scarves...
有时跳这种舞的人会手拿色彩鲜艳的丝巾。
e.g. She describes the tango as a very sexy dance.
她把探戈描述为一种非常性感的舞蹈。

3. （与…）跳舞;共舞
When you dance with someone, the two of you take part in a dance together, as partners. You can also say that two people dance.

e.g. It's a terrible thing when nobody wants to dance with you...
没有人想和你跳舞是一件很糟糕的事情。
e.g. Shall we dance?...
我们跳支舞好吗？

4. 舞会
A dance is a social event where people dance with each other.

e.g. She often went to parties and dances at Littlecote...
她经常去利特尔科特参加聚会和舞会。
e.g. ..the school dance.
学校舞会

5. 舞蹈演出;舞蹈艺术
Dance is the activity of performing dances, as a public entertainment or an art form.

e.g. She loves dance, drama and music...
她喜欢舞蹈、戏剧和音乐。
e.g. No show prior to 'On The Town' had told so much of its story through dance...
《锦城春色》出现以前，还没有哪部电影的故事情节如此多地通过舞蹈展开。

6. 跳（舞);表演（舞蹈）
If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.

e.g. Then we put the music on, and we all danced the Charleston...
接着我们打开音乐，一起跳起查尔斯顿舞来。
e.g. They will dance two performances of Ashton's 'Romeo and Juliet'.
他们将表演阿什顿的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》中的两场舞。

7. 跳跃;雀跃;轻快地移动
If you dance somewhere, you move there lightly and quickly, usually because you are happy or excited.

e.g. He danced off down the road...
他蹦蹦跳跳地沿着马路走了。
e.g. Amy went and kissed him, and then danced out of his reach.
埃米过去吻了他一下，接着就从他怀里跳开了。

8. 跳动;晃动
If you say that something dances, you mean that it moves about, or seems to move about, lightly and quickly.

e.g. Light danced on the surface of the water...
灯光在水面上摇曳。
e.g. She tried to read it more slowly and carefully, but the words danced and dissolved before her eyes.
她试图读得更慢更仔细一些，但那些字却在她眼前跳动而变得模糊起来。

9. 使…疲于奔波;使…白忙一场;给…造成许多麻烦
If someone leads you a merry dance, they make you do things over a long period of time which cause you problems and do not benefit you in any way.

10. to dance to someone'stune -> see tune
to make a song and dance about -> see song and dance

1. dance在线翻译

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