| 单词 | sashay |
| 释义 | sashay (once / 46903 pages) vn To sashay is to walk with an exaggerated flounce. Fashion models sometimes sashay down the runway. When you sashay, you're showing off — but in a deliberately casual way. Kids playing dress up might sashay, and the most popular middle school students might sashay into class on the first day. You can also use sashay to describe a dance step, both a sideways square dance move and a ballet step; it's a mispronunciation of the French ballet term chassé, "gliding step," or literally, "to chase," since one foot "chases" the other. WORD FAMILYsashay: sashayed, sashaying, sashays USAGE EXAMPLESIts African-American “queens” bridge two generations, and show differing levels of self-affirmation as they dance, sing, sass, sashay, fight, strut, mentor and mope. Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016) Swirling, mesmerizing folk patterns sashay up and around the doorways. Slate(Nov 28, 2016) And last time round, Spurs sashayed to glory, that man Kane again the hero with a couple of goals in a 4-1 rout. The Guardian(Nov 19, 2016) 1v to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others Syn|Hyper cock, prance, ruffle, strut, swagger, tittup walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2v perform a chasse step, in ballet Syn|Hyper chasse dance move in a graceful and rhythmical way 3v move sideways Syn|Hyper sidle move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 4n (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading Syn|Hyper chasse dance step, step a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance 5n a journey taken for pleasure after cautious sashays into the field Syn|Hypo|Hyper excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip airing a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air field tripa group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another 6n a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps Hyper contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing, country-dance a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
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