新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

dance

英  [dɑːns]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • dances

    1[C 可数名词] 舞蹈

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

    双语例句

    例:

    Sometimes the people doing this dance hold brightly coloured scarves.

    有时候跳这种舞的人会拿着色彩鲜艳的围巾。

    2[C 可数名词] 舞会

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

    双语例句

    例:

    At the school dance he sat and talked to her all evening.

    在学校的舞会上,他整晚都坐在那和她聊天。

    3[C 可数名词] 一支舞

    A dance is the act of moving your body and feet in a way which follows a rhythm, usually in time to music, or of taking part in a dance together with someone else, as partners

    双语例句

    例:

    Come and have a dance with me.

    来和我跳支舞。

    4[U 不可数名词] 舞蹈艺术

    Dance is the activity of performing dances, as a public entertainment or an art form.

    双语例句

    例:

    Their contribution to international dance, drama and music is inestimable.

    他们对国际舞蹈、戏剧和音乐的贡献是不可估量的。

    VERB. 动词
  • dances , dancing , danced

    1[I 不及物动词] 跳舞

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

    双语例句

    例:

    Polly had never learned to dance.

    波莉从未学过跳舞。

    2[T 及物动词] 跳…舞

    If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Then we put the music on, and we all danced the Charleston.

    然后我们放起音乐,一块跳起了查尔斯顿舞。

    3[I 不及物动词] 跳跃 , 雀跃

    If you dance somewhere, you move there lightly and quickly, usually because you are happy or excited.

    双语例句

    例:

    He danced off down the road.

    他沿着马路蹦蹦跳跳地走了。

    4[I 不及物动词] (轻快地)跳动

    If you say that something dances, you mean that it moves around, or seems to move around, lightly and quickly.

    双语例句

    例:

    Patterns of light, reflected by the river, dance along the base of the cliffs.

    被河水倒映出的光影沿着悬崖底部轻快地跳动。

    5[RECIP 相互动词] 和…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.

    双语例句

    例:

    It's a terrible thing when nobody wants to dance with you.

    没有人想和你跳舞是件糟糕的事。

    例:

    Shall we dance?

    我们跳舞吧?