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单词 rain dance
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rain dance


noun

(especially among American Indians) a ritualistic dance performed to bring rain.

Origin of rain dance

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby rain dance

rainbow trout, rain cats and dogs, rain check, rain cloud, raincoat, rain dance, rain date, raindrop, Rainey, rainfall, rainforest
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Example sentences from the Web for rain dance

  • One of the most usual of their dances, managed something like our ballets, is called the Rain-dance.

    The Sunshade|Octave Uzanne
  • While the tobacco was burning, the agile and athletic danced the rain-dance.

    Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116))|Erminnie A. Smith
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