释义 |
‖ batterie|batri| [Fr., see battery.] 1. Dancing. A movement in which the dancer's feet or calves are beaten together during a leap.
1712J. Weaver Hist. Dancing vii. 163 Notwithstanding there are some Steps peculiarly adapted to this Sort of Dancing, viz. Capers, and Cross-Capers of all kinds; Pirouttes [sic], Batteries, and indeed almost all Steps from the Ground. 1949Ballet Ann. III. 54 Temps de batterie, or beaten steps. Ibid. 116/2 Articulate and well-arched feet that helped to give a brilliant display of petite batterie. 1950Ibid. IV. 131/1 One of the best classical dancers, with a batterie unequalled for brilliance. 1952Kersley & Sinclair Dict. Ballet Terms 17 Batterie,..this word added to the name of a step does not imply any alteration in the basic movement, but that the dancer beats his calves together..and possibly also changes the position of his legs while doing so. 2. batterie de cuisine (see battery 12).
1773H. Walpole Let. 26 Oct. (1857) VI. 1 Unless he carries his batterie de cuisine, cook and camp equipage, I doubt he must eat the game raw. 1819[see battery 12]. 1906Mrs. Beeton Househ. Managem. lxii. 1654 Batterie de cuisine, complete set of cooking utensils and apparatus. 1934‘A. Bridge’ Ginger Griffin vii. 84 Some different and highly burnished article of her batterie de cuisine. 3. = battery 17.
1934S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 50 The drummer was banging away at his batterie! |