2N-COUNT 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. 舞蹈;舞步
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。
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。
3V-RECIP (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. (与…)跳舞;共舞
It's a terrible thing when nobody wants to dance with you. [VERB + with]
没有人想和你跳舞是一件很糟糕的事情。
Shall we dance?. [VERB]
我们跳支舞好吗?
He asked her to dance. [VERB]
他邀请她跳舞。
Dance is also a noun.
Come and have a dance with me.
来和我跳支舞吧。
4N-COUNT 舞会 A dance is a social event where people dance with each other. 舞会
She often went to parties and dances at Littlecote.
8VERB 跳动;晃动 If you say that something dances, you mean that it moves about, or seems to move about, lightly and quickly. 跳动;晃动 [literary]
Light danced on the surface of the water. [VERB adv./prep.]
灯光在水面上摇曳。
She tried to read it more slowly and carefully, but the words danced and dissolved before her eyes. [VERB adv./prep.]
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。
9PHRASE [VERB inflects]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. 使…疲于奔波;使…白忙一场;给…造成许多麻烦 [British, old-fashioned]
10 to dance to someone'stune→see: tune to make a song and dance about→see: song and dance
Quotations
You should make a point of trying everything once, excepting incest and folk-dancingArnold BaxFarewell My Youth
There are many kinds of dances, but all those requiring the participation of the two sexes have two characteristics in common; they are conspicuously innocent, and warmly loved by the viciousAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic roundJohn MiltonComus
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itselfHavelock EllisThe Dance of Life
On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feetLord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage
No sober man dances, unless he happens to be madCiceroPro Murena
1series of steps/movements to music跳舞ADJECTIVE | VERB + DANCE | DANCE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤little小段舞蹈▸➤fast, lively快步舞;歡快的舞蹈▸➤slow, stately慢步舞;莊重的舞步▸➤first, last第一支舞;最後一支舞◇Save the last dance for me.最後一支舞和我跳吧。➤traditional傳統舞蹈▸➤ritual祭祀舞▸➤ballroom, folk, square, tap, etc.交誼舞、民間舞、方形舞、踢踏舞等▸➤rain, victory求雨舞;勝利之舞▸➤mating求偶舞◇pigeons performing their mating dance跳着求偶舞的鴿子VERB + DANCE➤dance, do, perform跳舞;表演舞蹈◇In her delight she got up and did a little dance.她一時高興,站起來跳了一小會兒舞。➤have跳舞◇May I have the next dance?可以賞光跳下一曲嗎?◇I felt like having a dance.我想跳舞。➤like願意跳舞◇Would you like a dance?你願意跳一曲嗎?➤sit out不參加跳舞◇She had to sit out the last dance because of a twisted ankle.她腳踝扭了,就沒有跳最後一曲。DANCE + NOUN➤music, rhythm舞曲;舞蹈節奏▸➤performance, programme/program, routine, sequence, step舞蹈表演;舞蹈節目;一套固定舞蹈動作;一組舞蹈動作;舞步▸➤partner舞伴▸➤class, instructor, lesson, school, teacher舞蹈班;舞蹈教練;舞蹈課;舞蹈學校;舞蹈老師▸➤club舞蹈俱樂部▸➤floor, hall, studio舞池;舞廳;舞蹈工作室dance
noun²
2social meeting with dancing舞會ADJECTIVE | VERB + DANCE | DANCE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤barn, square穀倉舞;方形舞➤school學校舞會▸➤homecoming, prom, Sadie Hawkins (= when female students invite male students) (all NAmE) 校友返校舞會;年終班級舞會;(女生邀請男生跳舞的)薩迪•霍金斯舞會▸➤dinner, tea晚宴舞會;(下午茶時的)茶點舞會VERB + DANCE➤go to去參加舞會▸➤hold舉辦舞會DANCE + NOUN➤band伴舞樂隊PREPOSITION➤at a/the dance在舞會上◇They met at a dance.他們在一次舞會上相遇。dance
noun³
3dancing as a form of art/entertainment舞蹈藝術;舞蹈表演ADJECTIVE | DANCE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤contemporary, modern當代舞;現代舞▸➤classical古典舞DANCE + NOUN➤company, troupe舞蹈團▸➤style舞蹈風格PHRASES➤a school of dance, a style of dance舞蹈流派;舞蹈風格dance
verb
ADVERB | VERB + DANCE | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤wildly瘋狂地跳舞◇They danced wildly down the street.他們沿街瘋狂地跳舞。➤slowly緩緩起舞▸➤well翩翩起舞▸➤about, around, away, off胡亂跳舞;不停地跳舞▸➤together一起跳舞VERB + DANCE➤ask sb to請某人跳舞▸➤want to想跳舞➤feel like dancing想跳舞PREPOSITION➤for因⋯跳舞◇He was almost dancing for joy.他高興得幾乎跳起舞來。➤to隨着⋯跳舞◇We danced to the music.我們隨着音樂起舞。➤with和⋯跳舞◇Will you dance with me?你願意和我跳舞嗎?