单词 | running set |
释义 | > as lemmasrunning set running set n. a country dance originating in the Appalachian Mountains, in which the dancers perform a number of figures in quick succession, often with a rapid gliding walk; cf. set n.2 14. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > American Virginia reel1859 running set1918 1918 C. Sharp Country Dance Bk. v. 9 The Running Set..differs materially from any other known form of the Country-dance. 1937 Jrnl. Eng. Folk Dance & Song Soc. 3 139 Linking in couples [the dancers] promenade round the room in exactly the same way as the Kentucky Running Set. 1964 W. G. Raffé Dict. Dance 431/2 Danced by four couples (sometimes more), the Running Set consists of an Introduction and some fourteen figures, which follow each other without pause. 1998 S. Banes Dancing Women vi. 189 Four couples enter to dance a ‘running set’—a classic square dance with a caller. < as lemmas |
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