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单词 dance of death
释义

dance of death


noun

a symbolic dance in which Death, represented as a skeleton, leads people or skeletons to their grave.
a representation of this theme in art.
Also called danse macabre.

Origin of dance of death

First recorded in 1470–80

Words nearby dance of death

dance floor, dance form, dancegoer, dancehall, dance music, dance of death, dancer, dancercise, dancerly, dance therapy, dance to another tune
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British Dictionary definitions for dance of death

dance of death

noun

a pictorial, literary, or musical representation, current esp in the Middle Ages, of a dance in which living people, in order of social precedence, are led off to their graves, by a personification of deathAlso called (French): danse macabre
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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