资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dance \Dance\, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See {Dance}, v.
i.]
1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who
dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the
persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord
with music.
2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the
minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older
writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.
Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of
that art she couth the olde dance. --Chaucer.
{Dance of Death} (Art), an allegorical representation of the
power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high,
and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton.
{Morris dance}. See {Morris}.
{To lead one a dance}, to cause one to go through a series of
movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a
dance not understood.
资料来源 : WordNet®
morris dance
n : any of various English folk dances performed by men in
costume [syn: {morris dancing}]