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单词 pointe
释义

pointe

noun

ˈpwaⁿ(n)t How to pronounce pointe (audio)
: a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web En pointe There are two days of kid-friendly Eastern Ballet concerts, May 21 and 22, at the Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2022 For 15 years, the statue depicting Tallchief oversaw the west lawn of the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum — a body frozen in motion, en pointe with one leg raised in a passé and arms swept across her chest and forehead. Washington Post, 3 May 2022 To successfully break the record, the group will need to have more than 245 people rise up en pointe at once for a full minute. Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 14 Aug. 2019 The teen dramedy is filmed in Paris, so the scenery and dancing are on pointe. Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2020 Children can also delight in Pirouette, who dances en pointe in her musical magic box. Kimi Robinson, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020 Before her entrance, Teuscher will head to the bathroom backstage and bang her brand-new pointe shoes against the wall. Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2020 The only ones in pointe shoes are those romping through a brief, exaggerated dance-within-a-dance that spoofs old-fashioned ballets. Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020 Recalling her days as a dancer, a young woman, bone thin, took off a boot and performed an en demi-pointe pirouette. David Guttenfelder, National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

French pointe (du pied), literally, tiptoe

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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