单词 | first position |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst position first position n. (a) Ballet a position in which the heels are placed together and the feet are turned outwards; (also) a position in which the arms are held slightly curved in front of the body at waist level; (b) Music the lowest possible position of the hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > positions first position1706 fourth position1884 Third Position1953 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > position of left hand first position1706 1706 P. Siris tr. R.-A. Feuillet Art of Dancing xv. 28 A step in the first Position Backwards. 1880 H. E. Krehbiel tr. K. Courvoisier Technics of Violin Playing (1881) iii. 14 (caption) Correct position of the thumb and fingers in the first position. 1884 O. Guttmann Aesthetic Physical Culture iv. i. 144 The practice for the lower port de bras is: Fifth position of the feet, first position of the arms. 1884 D. Anderson Compl. Ball-room Guide 10 First position, heels together, and toes turned out at a right angle. 1913 M. B. Gilbert Gilbert Dances I. 133/1 Pirouette to right, arms in first position. 1957 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet 124 In the First Position the legs are together and the heels touching but not overlapping, with the feet fully turned out in a straight line. 1966 B. Schwartz tr. C. Flesch Violin Fingering i. 9 The basic position of the hand at the lower end of the fingerboard, with the first finger naturally poised to produce a second above the open string, constitutes the ‘first position’. 2001 Kenyon Rev. Winter 157 The women suddenly turn their feet out into first position (a move that brought tears to Martha Graham's eyes). < as lemmas |
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