1 VERB 跳舞 When you dance, you move your body and feet in a way which follows a rhythm, usually in time to music. 跳舞
SYN prance, rock, trip, swing
2 N-COUNT 舞蹈;舞步 A dance is a particular series of graceful movements of your body and feet, which you usually do in time to music. 舞蹈;舞步
3 V-RECIP （与…）跳舞;共舞 When you dance with someone, the two of you take part in a dance together, as partners. You can also say that two people dance. （与…）跳舞;共舞
4 N-COUNT 舞会 A dance is a social event where people dance with each other. 舞会
SYN ball, social, hop [informal] , disco
5 N-UNCOUNT 舞蹈演出;舞蹈艺术 Dance is the activity of performing dances, as a public entertainment or an art form. 舞蹈演出;舞蹈艺术
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She loves dance, drama and music.
她喜欢舞蹈、戏剧和音乐。
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No show prior to 'On The Town' had told so much of its story through dance.
《锦城春色》出现以前，还没有哪部电影的故事情节如此多地通过舞蹈展开。
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...dance classes.
舞蹈课
6 VERB 跳（舞);表演（舞蹈） If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it. 跳（舞);表演（舞蹈）
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Then we put the music on, and we all danced the Charleston. [VERB noun]
接着我们打开音乐，一起跳起查尔斯顿舞来。
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They will dance two performances of Ashton's 'Romeo and Juliet'. [VERB noun]
他们将表演阿什顿的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》中的两场舞。
7 VERB 跳跃;雀跃;轻快地移动 If you dance somewhere, you move there lightly and quickly, usually because you are happy or excited. 跳跃;雀跃;轻快地移动 [literary]
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He danced off down the road. [VERB adv./prep.]
他蹦蹦跳跳地沿着马路走了。
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Amy went and kissed him, and then danced out of his reach. [VERB adv./prep.]
埃米过去吻了他一下，接着就从他怀里跳开了。
SYN caper, trip, spring, jump
8 VERB 跳动;晃动 If you say that something dances, you mean that it moves about, or seems to move about, lightly and quickly. 跳动;晃动 [literary]
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Light danced on the surface of the water. [VERB adv./prep.]
灯光在水面上摇曳。
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She tried to read it more slowly and carefully, but the words danced and dissolved before her eyes. [VERB adv./prep.]
她试图读得更慢更仔细一些，但那些字却在她眼前跳动而变得模糊起来。
9 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 使…疲于奔波;使…白忙一场;给…造成许多麻烦 If someone leads you a merry dance, they make you do things over a long period of time which cause you problems and do not benefit you in any way. 使…疲于奔波;使…白忙一场;给…造成许多麻烦 [British, old-fashioned]
10 to dance to someone'stune→see: tune to make a song and dance about→see: song and dance
Quotations
You should make a point of trying everything once, excepting incest and folk-dancing Arnold Bax Farewell My Youth
There are many kinds of dances, but all those requiring the participation of the two sexes have two characteristics in common; they are conspicuously innocent, and warmly loved by the vicious Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
In a light fantastic round John Milton Comus
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself Havelock Ellis The Dance of Life
On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
No sober man dances, unless he happens to be mad Cicero Pro Murena
| Word Partnership | Use dance with: |
| VERB. | learn to dance 1 let's dance 1 3 choreograph a dance 2 |
| N. | dance class, dance moves, dance music, dance partner 5 |
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