cancan
/ˈkænkæn/noun
- a lively, high-kicking stage dance originating in 19th-century Parisian music halls and performed by women in long skirts and petticoats康康舞, 坎坎舞(一种源于19世纪巴黎音乐厅、由穿长裙和衬裙的妇女表演的活泼高踢腿舞台舞蹈):
people were dancing the cancan.
人们在跳康康舞。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, child's word for canard duck, from Old French caner 'to quack'.