资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contradance \Con"tra*dance`\, n. [Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F.
   contrdance. Cf. {Country-dance}.]
   A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or
   in opposite lines.

资料来源 : WordNet®

contradance
     n : a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets
         or face one another in a line [syn: {country-dance}, {country
         dancing}, {contredanse}, {contra danse}]
     v : perform a contradance [syn: {country-dance}, {contredanse},
         {contra danse}]