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单词 samba
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samba

/ˈsambə /
noun
1A Brazilian dance of African origin: a woman danced the samba carrying a pitcher of lemonade...
  • Dances like the samba, rhumba, cha-cha, and mambo were the sexiest things that white people were allowed to do until the twist came along, and Cugie was always there to fill the bill.
  • Brazilian samba also appears in the global music and dance show, tomorrow from 6.30 pm.
  • A young Brazilian chorus called Crianca Feliz dressed in colorful T-shirts sang and danced a samba inside the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall auditorium, preceded by a trio of singers from Argentina.
1.1A piece of music for the samba: folk tunes from the north of Brazil, or sambas from the south...
  • The finale is a blazing samba, with all sorts of cross-rhythms and various textures.
  • Already well-liked for her breezy bossa novas and sambas, Joyce has come to the UK with a tour, a fresh set of songs and a stylish six-piece band.
  • He is an experienced musician with specialist skills in percussion, rhythm, samba, composition and making percussion instruments from different cultures.
1.2A lively modern ballroom dance imitating the samba.They danced to ‘Love Is in the Air,’ backed up by about twenty ballroom dancers in the center and 700 couples around the outside track perimeter, all doing a lively samba.
verb (sambas, sambaing /ˈsambə(r)ɪŋ/, sambaed /ˈsambəd/ or samba'd) [no object]
Dance the samba: how do you kill five hours in Rio if you don’t samba?...
  • He sambas, he shimmies, and he specialises in fast-footwork moves that delight the audience.
  • Men like the late Jim Butler and Seamus Sommers took us first-timers out on the floor to teach us to waltz, do foxtrots, quicksteps and to samba.
  • Everyone's back on stage for the Carnaval Finale, and there'll be plenty of room for the audience to samba and share the festive spirit.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Portuguese, of African origin.

Rhymes

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