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单词 prima ballerina
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prima ballerinan.

Brit. /ˌpriːmə ˌbaləˈriːnə/, U.S. /ˈprimə ˌbæləˈrinə/
Inflections: Plural prime ballerine, prima ballerinas.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian prima ballerina.
Etymology: Apparently < Italian prima ballerina (not dated in dictionaries of Italian, but compare primo ballerino primo ballerino n.) < prima , feminine of primo first (see prime adj. and adv.) + ballerina ballerina n. Compare prima n.2In plural form prime ballerine after the Italian plural form.
Ballet.
1. The leading ballerina of a ballet company; a ballerina of great skill and renown. Cf. première danseuse n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > ballet-dancer > leading dancer
premier danseur1822
première danseuse1822
coryphée1828
primo ballerino1840
prima ballerina1864
première1867
etoile1922
1864 R. I. Murchison Wanderings in Russia (2004) 178 All the danseuses were Russians. The prima ballerina was a little agile thing, very graceful.
1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 18 Feb. 190/1 Engaged as prima ballerina, she now had an establishment of her own.
1881 Catholic World Nov. 191 He would then watch the prima ballerina's feats with great interest.
1912 J. E. C. Flitch Mod. Dancing iv. 62 At the Alhambra..the dancing of the prime ballerine, almost all of whom were foreign, left little to be desired.
1958 Times 13 Sept. 10/5 Her Giselle was a fragile, vulnerable creature, excessively shy, and bearing no mark of the prima ballerina.
1995 New Yorker 27 Mar. 80/1 Bessmertnova..continued serene and unchallenged as the company's prima ballerina.
2. figurative and in extended use. A self-important or temperamental person. Also: a person or thing that takes a leading role, or is considered among the best in a particular field; a star performer. Cf. prima donna n. 2.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is self important
bug1536
his nibs1821
panjandrum1825
prima ballerina1923
I AM1926
cheese1965
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important
moreOE
firstc1275
principala1393
chiefa1400
main chance1577
forefront1589
principal verb1602
centre of gravity1718
avatar1859
main stem1900
Big Apple1909
prima ballerina1923
centrepiece1937
the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] > person
bug1536
bladder1579
God almighty1632
cockalorumc1796
his nibs1821
prima donna1834
fly on the (coach-)wheel1840
high muck-a-muck1856
nobs1877
high muckety-muck1882
muckamuck1883
Pooh Bah1886
prima ballerina1923
I AM1926
muckety-muck1927
Pooter1957
cheese1965
1923 O. M. Sayler Our Amer. Theatre xx. 247 The actor, whether the actor resents it or not, as premier clown, prima donna, prima ballerina.
1940 Public Opinion Q. Sept. 441 Their absence was compensated by increasingly extravagant attacks on living figures: Churchill, ‘the dying swan,’ Chamberlain, ‘the old prima ballerina’.
1954 Economist 11 Sept. 1/1 The new prima ballerina, the supersonic P.1 fighter, has not turned up this week at rehearsals.
1975 N. Luard Robespierre Serial xvi. 146 I'm right with you however our prima ballerina responds. But what the hell are you going to tell him?
2004 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Features/Travel section) 118 A couple of sea lion pals would be prima ballerinas in a delicate underwater dance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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