| 单词 | set of quadrilles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasset of quadrilles a. A square dance, typically performed by four couples, containing five sections or figures each of which is a complete dance in itself. Also set of quadrilles. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances brawla1542 branglec1550 caterbrawl1565 bransle1590 branle1674 bocanea1701 cotillion1766 quadrille1773 German cotillion1831 supper quadrille1831 Grandpère1835 galop1837 brantle1846 German1853 lancers1862 grandfather1897 1773 E. Harris Let. 2 Mar. in Lett. Earl Malmesbury (1870) I. 269 A few evenings ago some company were rehearsing quadrilles at Mrs. Hobart's in St. James' Square. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxx. 138 Dissolving in the waltz..Or proudlier prancing with mercurial skill Where Science marshals forth her own quadrille. a1839 J. Smith Comic Misc. (1840) 142 When I named Paine, and his set of Quadrilles..The poor ignoramusses thought I meant Tom. 1862 R. H. Gronow Reminisc. 44 I recollect the persons who formed the first quadrille that was ever danced at Almack's were Lady Jersey [etc.]. 1887 B. Matthews & G. H. Jessop Gold Mine (1908) i. 21 They are getting up a set of quadrilles. 1903 J. Fox Little Shepherd xviii. 207 The dance was a quadrille, and the figure was ‘grand right and left’. 1939 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 3 Sept. in War within & Without (1980) 49 Newton has brought an enormous turtle for Jon from Florida... It is like a dream of the Alice in Wonderland illustrations come to life. I half expect it to get up, offer a fin, and dance a quadrille with me! 1991 Amer. Square Dance June 37/2 Proper timing (starting the first command on the prephrase) does not necessarily mean doing a quadrille. < as lemmas |
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