单词 | moonwalk |
释义 | moonwalkn. 1. A walk on the moon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on the moon > an act of moonwalk1952 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking on the moon > an instance of moonwalk1952 the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > planetology > [noun] > moon > moon-walk moonwalk1952 moonwalking1980 1952 Space Sci. Fiction Nov. 5 (title) Moonwalk. 1969 Observer 20 July 1/2 Hints that the ‘moonwalk’ will also be brought forward were strengthened when the astronauts' physician, Dr Charles Berry, said that he did not now expect the two men to go to sleep on the moon. 1988 J. Frame Carpathians xiv. 88 The astronauts spoke banalities on their first moon-walk. 2. Originally: a kind of exaggeratedly slow dance considered to be characteristic of the movement of an astronaut walking on the moon. Later esp.: a dance step in which the dancer glides backwards while giving the appearance of walking forwards.In the later sense chiefly associated with Michael Jackson (1958–2009), U.S. singer. The move was previously known as the ‘backslide‘. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > exaggeratedly slow method of proceeding > an instance of moonwalk1969 society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps reprise1521 double1531 reprinse1531 single1531 hop1579 cross-pointa1592 trip1601 back-tricka1616 inturna1627 shorta1652 coupee1673 cut1676 fleuret1677 bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706 contretemps1706 cross-step1728 boring1775 pigeon wing1807 pas de basque1818 cross-cut1842 flicflac1852 buckle-covering1859 reverse1888 reversing1892 cross-stepping1893 box step1914 jump turn1924 moonwalk1969 coupé- 1969 L. Weinrib & P. Harrison H. R. Pufnstuf (transcribed from TV programme) Episode 10 Alright everyone, dance class is ready to begin. I wanna teach you a new dance move called ‘The Moonwalk’. 1984 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 5 Mar. The concert spot is all smoke and mirrors. The stronger spot by far is ‘Street’, with 12-year-old Alfonso Ribeiro doing the moonwalk with Michael Jackson and friends. 1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 247/2 His signature ‘moonwalk’ in which he seemed to defy the laws of physics by striding forward but moving back, became the single best-known bit of celebrity body language since the four Beatles. 2000 Entertainm. Weekly (Electronic ed.) 22 Dec. Sisqo delivered a showstopping number featuring one-armed cartwheels and an update of the moonwalk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moonwalkv. 1. intransitive. To walk on the moon. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > on the moon moonwalk1969 1969 Daily Tel. 16 July 22/2 While on the moon, the astronauts will..only moon-walk for about 3½ to four hours. 2012 P. Edwards Fake Sci. 101 ii. 86 Subsequent missions to the moon gave more astronauts a chance to say they moonwalked, which greatly helped their chances with the women of Earth. 2. (a) intransitive. To perform the moonwalk (moonwalk n. 2). (b) transitive. To make (one's way) as if doing the moonwalk; to convey (an object) by this means. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other popular 20th-century dances > [verb (intransitive)] black bottom1926 hand-jive1958 Watusi1961 frug1964 dancercise1967 moonwalk1970 bop1979 slam dance1981 mosh1983 body-pop1984 slam1991 1970 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 2 Jan. 9 (caption) Here guests reggaed and moonwalked to the music of The Caribs. 1984 Newsweek (Nexis) 6 Aug. 24 The worst-case scenarios of a totally gridlocked and smog-choked L.A. may prove no more justified than the rumor..that Michael Jackson would moonwalk the torch into the Coliseum. 1991 Inside Sports Aug. 20/3 Bob Rubin has been banned by his softball league from moonwalking his way around the bases after he hits a home run. 2001 Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 12 Jan. An intimidated Aussie news photographer..was last seen moonwalking out the revolving doors like a wombat in a roomful of dingoes. 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