单词 | slow waltz |
释义 | slow waltzn. A waltz danced in 3/4 time; a piece of music composed for such a waltz. Cf. Viennese waltz n.In competitive ballroom dancing the slow waltz (now referred to as the waltz) is one of the five International Standard dances, alongside the tango, slow foxtrot, quickstep, and Viennese waltz. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz > types of waltz slow waltz1804 Viennese waltz1842 trois-temps1859 deux-temps1860 old-fashioned waltz1863 Boston1879 hesitation1914 1804 Morning Post 5 Dec. A set of quick and slow Waltzes, &c. dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Mary Sackville. 1817 La Belle Assemblée Jan. 34/1 The performance of the more easy and graceful movements of which the slow waltz is composed. 1919 Times 16 May 9/1 The Peace Walk, which is danced to a slow waltz time. 1922 Nation & Athenaeum 3 June 339/2 An army of children, singing in time to the slow waltz played by the band that followed. 1991 G. MacBeth Another Love Story x. 85 I took the portly Mrs Lockerbie..and whirled her round the hall in a parody of a slow waltz. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804 |
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