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单词 entrechat
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entrechat

[ French ahn-truh-sha ]
/ French ɑ̃ trəˈʃa /

noun, plural en·tre·chats [French ahn-truh-sha]. /French ɑ̃ trəˈʃa/. Ballet.

a jump in which the dancer crosses the feet a number of times while in the air.

Origin of entrechat

1765–75; <French, alteration of Italian (capriola) intrecciata intwined (caper), equivalent to in-in-2 + trecci-tress + -ata-ate1

Words nearby entrechat

entrapment, entrapment neuropathy, entreasure, entreat, entreaty, entrechat, entrecôte, Entre-Deux-Mers, entrée, entrelac, entremets
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Example sentences from the Web for entrechat

  • But the curtain rose on the ballet, and the first entrechat electrified them.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Volume 62, No. 386, December, 1847|Various
  • She was past-mistress of the entrechat and other mysteries of the ballet academy.

    Interpreters|Carl Van Vechten

British Dictionary definitions for entrechat

entrechat
/ (French ɑ̃trəʃa) /

noun

a leap in ballet during which the dancer repeatedly crosses his feet or beats them together

Word Origin for entrechat

C18: from French, from earlier entrechase, changed by folk etymology from Italian (capriola) intrecciata, literally: entwined (caper), from intrecciare to interlace, from in- ² + treccia tress
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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