merengue
/məˈreŋgeɪ/(亦作meringue)
noun
mass noun
1- a Caribbean style of dance music typically in duple and triple time, chiefly associated with Dominica and Haiti默朗格舞曲（加勒比海地区舞曲, 一般为两拍和三拍, 主要起源于多米尼加和海地）。
1.1
- a style of dancing associated with such music, with alternating long and short stiff-legged steps默朗格舞（与默朗格舞曲相配的舞, 舞步僵直、长短更替）。
词源
late 19th cent.: probably American Spanish; compare perhaps with the sense 'upheaval, disorder'， attested in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.