英语词汇“twostep”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

two-step n. (a) a round dance characterized by sliding steps in duple rhythm; also, the music for such a dance; also attributive; also as v. intransitive to dance a two-step; (b) adj. having or consisting of two successive actions; two-stage.

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1900 in Westm. Gaz. 12 Apr. 2/3 The best dancer is the best man. She falls in love with him to the tune of a sighing waltz. She marries him to the tune of a two-step.

1909 Daily Chron. 27 Jan. 7/4 The most popular steps are the two-step, waltz, schottische, three-step, and glide waltz.

1910 Punch 30 Mar. 223/2 But when the maid my signal sees She ‘two-steps’ by like winking.

1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through ii. ii. § 11 Always before, Christmas had been a time of much gaiety and dressing up and prancing and two-stepping at the Dower House.

1929 S. Lewis Dodsworth i. 1 The aristocracy of Zenith were dancing... They two-stepped on the wide porch.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 874/1 Two-step relay.

1948 A. C. Clarke Across Sea of Stars (1959) 13 The A. 20 was a two-step rocket.

1978 Bull. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. Feb. 13 The two-step mechanism of translocation of estradiol finds a precise counterpart in the action of other steroid hormones.

two-step n. (also 2-step) Music (originally British) a subgenre of UK garage characterized by a syncopated rhythm track, typically featuring two (rather than four) bass drum beats in each (4/4) measure, and frequently also soulful vocals or rapping; frequently attributive.

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1997 Touch May 82/2 Should have heads nodding in two-step clubland.

2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 4 Dec. 103/1 There will be four rooms (as is standard at raves these days), featuring hip-hop, house/techno, drum'n'bass and 2step.

2009 Wire Jan. 14/1 As someone who has seen drum 'n' bass, two-step Garage and Grime all wax and wane over the years, the last thing he's likely to do is pledge his allegiance for the latest rave-influenced fad.

单词	twostep
释义	> as lemmas two-step two-step n. (a) a round dance characterized by sliding steps in duple rhythm; also, the music for such a dance; also attributive; also as v. intransitive to dance a two-step; (b) adj. having or consisting of two successive actions; two-stage. ΚΠ 1900 in Westm. Gaz. 12 Apr. 2/3 The best dancer is the best man. She falls in love with him to the tune of a sighing waltz. She marries him to the tune of a two-step. 1909 Daily Chron. 27 Jan. 7/4 The most popular steps are the two-step, waltz, schottische, three-step, and glide waltz. 1910 Punch 30 Mar. 223/2 But when the maid my signal sees She ‘two-steps’ by like winking. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through ii. ii. § 11 Always before, Christmas had been a time of much gaiety and dressing up and prancing and two-stepping at the Dower House. 1929 S. Lewis Dodsworth i. 1 The aristocracy of Zenith were dancing... They two-stepped on the wide porch. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 874/1 Two-step relay. 1948 A. C. Clarke Across Sea of Stars (1959) 13 The A. 20 was a two-step rocket. 1978 Bull. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. Feb. 13 The two-step mechanism of translocation of estradiol finds a precise counterpart in the action of other steroid hormones. extracted from twoadj.n.adv. two-step two-step n. (also 2-step) Music (originally British) a subgenre of UK garage characterized by a syncopated rhythm track, typically featuring two (rather than four) bass drum beats in each (4/4) measure, and frequently also soulful vocals or rapping; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1997 Touch May 82/2 Should have heads nodding in two-step clubland. 2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 4 Dec. 103/1 There will be four rooms (as is standard at raves these days), featuring hip-hop, house/techno, drum'n'bass and 2step. 2009 Wire Jan. 14/1 As someone who has seen drum 'n' bass, two-step Garage and Grime all wax and wane over the years, the last thing he's likely to do is pledge his allegiance for the latest rave-influenced fad. extracted from twoadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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