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单词 penchée
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penchéeadj.

Brit. /pɒ̃ˈʃeɪ/, /pɒnˈʃeɪ/, U.S. /pɑnˈʃeɪ/
Forms: 1900s– penché, 1900s– penchée, 1900s– penchées (modifying a plural noun), 1900s– penchés (modifying a plural noun).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French penchée.
Etymology: < French penchée, feminine of penché , past participle of pencher to lean (see penchant n.).The form penché shows influence from the masculine form of the French participle.
Ballet.
attributive and as postmodifier. Of an arabesque: that involves or is performed leaning forward.
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society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [adjective] > movements or positions
terre-à-terre1797
adagio1915
allegro1922
tendu1922
penchée1930
soutenu1930
taqueté1930
piqué1931
voyagé1931
posé1949
1930 Tomaroff's Simplified Dict. Dancing 62 Penché,... inclined.
1953 L. Kersley & J. Sinclair Dict. Ballet Terms 5 To perform arabesque penchée the dancer usually stands on a straight leg in arabesque and then leans forward and back again in a slow see-saw movement.
1963 Times 12 July 5/5 Her dancing was buoyant, her manner attractive, the details of her technique, such as superb penché arabesques, secure.
1975 New Yorker 16 June 103/1 A headlong plunge into arabesque penchée effortlessly held as she turned over to face the sky.
1993 Village Voice (N.Y.) 20 Apr. 89/4 She clings to Siegfried even as her feet are trembling away; her arabesques penchés are like despairing plunges into love.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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