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单词 polonaise
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Definition of polonaise in English:

polonaise

noun ˌpɒləˈneɪz
  • 1A slow dance of Polish origin in triple time, consisting chiefly of an intricate march or procession.

    a polonaise and mazurka danced by the Theatre's famous ballet school
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Between polonaises and mazurkas, character teacher David Boyet emphasizes artistry as he demonstrates epaulement.
    • There would be no lines of wilis in arabesque drawn magnetically together in Giselle, nor any grand polonaise for the ensemble in Theme and Variations.
    • The film ends with Poles dancing their traditional polonaise to celebrate a military victory over the Russians.
    • In a short scene the Poles, characterised by mazurkas and polonaises, lament the downturn in their fortunes and decide to go in search of the new Russian Tsar and capture him.
    • We then launch into the polonaise, which is where I have a bit of a problem with this choreography.
    • The energetic polonaise and waltz will kick off the dancing, introduced by debut dancers from the German language school in Sofia with their choreographer Ventsislav Dermendjiev.
    1. 1.1 A piece of music for the polonaise.
      he played a polonaise by Chopin
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The four top prizes include $18,000, $12,000, $8,000 and $5,000, with special $1,000 prizes for the best performance of a mazurka, polonaise and concerto.
      • The most extraordinary musical evocation is undoubtedly the rendering of a John Cleese prose poem by the Monty Python Team (in the film The Meaning of Life) that tells the life of Cromwell set to the music of a polonaise by Chopin.
      • Two polonaises rounded off the generous all-Chopin half.
      • I would recommend Vladimir Horowitz's recordings of the études and mazurkas, Artur Rubinstein's recordings of the polonaises and concertos, and Luiz de Moura-Castro's recordings of the ‘Ballade in G minor’ and the nocturnes.
      • There are, for example, a polka, a fughetta, a rondo, a rondino, an impromptu, a mazurka, a barcarolle, two arabesques, a ragtime, three polonaises, a tango and a rumba, not to mention a sequence of four nocturnes.
      • Suddenly a Chopin polonaise fills the room, soft and enchanting and so otherworldly that nurses pause on their rounds to listen and some patients take a break from their pain.
      • His pieces have a simple, homespun character that is notably independent of Western influences, and the large repertory of early 19th-century polonaises, including the earliest attempts by Chopin, owed a good deal to his model.
      • Every now and then they stretch to a nocturne (average running time: five minutes) or polonaise (around six minutes), but seldom a ballade (close to ten).
      • One of the soloists that evening - young violinist Valja Dervenska - performed the Brilliant polonaise by Wieniawski with passion and virtuosity.
      • The recital consists of essentially triple-time dance music - mazurkas, waltzes, and polonaises - although you might find it difficult to trip the light fantastic to any of this.
      • Sixteen preparatory pieces, such as preludes, études, bagatelles, barcarolles, nocturnes and polonaises, present, reinforce and prepare students for what is coming next.
      • Although Telemann tampered with even basic characteristics of Polish folk music (Chopin would have blanched at the idea of a polonaise in duple time!)
      • The polonaises in C minor, op. 40, and A-flat major, op. 53, only further corroborated the point that Kissin is above all a marvelous Chopin interpreter, on a level which only a handful of his peers attain.
      • It also may be played more slowly, since some writers have described it incorrectly as being in the style of a polonaise.
  • 2historical A woman's dress with a tight bodice and a skirt open from the waist downwards, looped up to show a decorative underskirt.

    a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her lips were a red of the same tint, as was the polonaise she was so daintily flaunting - over which, she wore a black cloak.
    • They'll cut you up like spare ribbons on Mademoiselle Jebraiel's polonaise!
    • The polonaise was usually cut like a princess dress, without a waist seam, and often differed from it only in that it was not full length.
adjective ˌpɒləˈneɪz
  • (of a dish) garnished with chopped hard-boiled egg yolk, breadcrumbs, and parsley.

    polonaise sauce and trout sauce are specially made
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I took the roast fillet of beef in a parsley crust with asparagus polonaise and turnip and turned carrots.
    • Other egg sauces include those in which chopped hard-cooked eggs are an ingredient such as Polonaise Sauce.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from French, feminine of polonais 'Polish', from medieval Latin Polonia 'Poland'.

Rhymes

ablaze, amaze, appraise, baize, Blaise, blaze, braise, broderie anglaise, chaise, craze, daze, écossaise, erase, faze, gaze, glaze, graze, Hayes, Hays, haze, laze, liaise, lyonnaise, maize, malaise, Marseillaise, mayonnaise, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, praise, prase, raise, raze, upraise
 
 

Definition of polonaise in US English:

polonaise

noun
  • 1A slow dance of Polish origin in triple time, consisting chiefly of an intricate march or procession.

    a polonaise and mazurka danced by the Theatre's famous ballet school
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We then launch into the polonaise, which is where I have a bit of a problem with this choreography.
    • There would be no lines of wilis in arabesque drawn magnetically together in Giselle, nor any grand polonaise for the ensemble in Theme and Variations.
    • The energetic polonaise and waltz will kick off the dancing, introduced by debut dancers from the German language school in Sofia with their choreographer Ventsislav Dermendjiev.
    • The film ends with Poles dancing their traditional polonaise to celebrate a military victory over the Russians.
    • In a short scene the Poles, characterised by mazurkas and polonaises, lament the downturn in their fortunes and decide to go in search of the new Russian Tsar and capture him.
    • Between polonaises and mazurkas, character teacher David Boyet emphasizes artistry as he demonstrates epaulement.
    1. 1.1 A piece of music for the polonaise.
      he played a polonaise by Chopin
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Suddenly a Chopin polonaise fills the room, soft and enchanting and so otherworldly that nurses pause on their rounds to listen and some patients take a break from their pain.
      • There are, for example, a polka, a fughetta, a rondo, a rondino, an impromptu, a mazurka, a barcarolle, two arabesques, a ragtime, three polonaises, a tango and a rumba, not to mention a sequence of four nocturnes.
      • The four top prizes include $18,000, $12,000, $8,000 and $5,000, with special $1,000 prizes for the best performance of a mazurka, polonaise and concerto.
      • Two polonaises rounded off the generous all-Chopin half.
      • Sixteen preparatory pieces, such as preludes, études, bagatelles, barcarolles, nocturnes and polonaises, present, reinforce and prepare students for what is coming next.
      • Every now and then they stretch to a nocturne (average running time: five minutes) or polonaise (around six minutes), but seldom a ballade (close to ten).
      • Although Telemann tampered with even basic characteristics of Polish folk music (Chopin would have blanched at the idea of a polonaise in duple time!)
      • I would recommend Vladimir Horowitz's recordings of the études and mazurkas, Artur Rubinstein's recordings of the polonaises and concertos, and Luiz de Moura-Castro's recordings of the ‘Ballade in G minor’ and the nocturnes.
      • One of the soloists that evening - young violinist Valja Dervenska - performed the Brilliant polonaise by Wieniawski with passion and virtuosity.
      • The polonaises in C minor, op. 40, and A-flat major, op. 53, only further corroborated the point that Kissin is above all a marvelous Chopin interpreter, on a level which only a handful of his peers attain.
      • His pieces have a simple, homespun character that is notably independent of Western influences, and the large repertory of early 19th-century polonaises, including the earliest attempts by Chopin, owed a good deal to his model.
      • The most extraordinary musical evocation is undoubtedly the rendering of a John Cleese prose poem by the Monty Python Team (in the film The Meaning of Life) that tells the life of Cromwell set to the music of a polonaise by Chopin.
      • It also may be played more slowly, since some writers have described it incorrectly as being in the style of a polonaise.
      • The recital consists of essentially triple-time dance music - mazurkas, waltzes, and polonaises - although you might find it difficult to trip the light fantastic to any of this.
  • 2historical A woman's dress with a tight bodice and a skirt open from the waist downward, looped up to show a decorative underskirt.

    a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The polonaise was usually cut like a princess dress, without a waist seam, and often differed from it only in that it was not full length.
    • Her lips were a red of the same tint, as was the polonaise she was so daintily flaunting - over which, she wore a black cloak.
    • They'll cut you up like spare ribbons on Mademoiselle Jebraiel's polonaise!
adjective
  • (of a dish, especially a vegetable dish) garnished with chopped hard-boiled egg yolk, breadcrumbs, and parsley.

    polonaise sauce and trout sauce are specially made
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I took the roast fillet of beef in a parsley crust with asparagus polonaise and turnip and turned carrots.
    • Other egg sauces include those in which chopped hard-cooked eggs are an ingredient such as Polonaise Sauce.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from French, feminine of polonais ‘Polish’, from medieval Latin Polonia ‘Poland’.

 
 
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