| 释义 |
balletomane|bælɛtəˈmeɪn|
[f. ballet n.1 + -o + -mane.]
An enthusiast for ballet performances. Hence balletoˈmania, passionate addiction to ballet.
1930Time & Tide 28 Mar. 410 The balletomanes of the Marinsky Theatre, an audience ‘very knowledgeable, exacting, somewhat dogmatic and conservative’, but..enthusiastic. 1934A. L. Haskell Balletomania 34 The balletomane has always been a thoroughly Russian product, and from what I hear, is to this day, in spite of all the material hardships... Ballet originated at a Court, flourished under an Emperor, but balletomania is the privilege of no one class. 1937Times 10 Sept. 13/4 There is every sign that the period of balletomania is over, that the art can now bear rational discussion and criticism. 1947Ballet Ann. I. 22 Giselle inspires more passionate enthusiasm among balletomanes than any other work. |