ballet
/ˈbæleɪ/noun
mass noun
1- an artistic dance form performed to music, using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures. Classical ballet, which originated in Renaissance Italy and established its present form during the 19th century, is characterized by light, graceful, fluid movements and the use of pointe shoes with reinforced toes.芭蕾舞。
1.1
- count noun a creative work of this form or the music written for it芭蕾舞作品; 芭蕾舞曲。
1.2
- treated as sing. or pl. a group of dancers who regularly perform such works芭蕾舞团：
the Bolshoi Ballet.
俄罗斯大剧院芭蕾舞团。
1.3
- in sing. figurative an elaborate or complicated interaction between people〈喻〉芭蕾式交流（人际复杂的相互作用）：
that delicate and cautious ballet known as the planning process.
微妙谨慎芭蕾式交流的计划过程。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from French， from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo 'a dance'， from late Latin ballare 'to dance' （see BALL2）.