minuet
英 [m?nj?'et]
美 [,m?nju'?t]
- n. 小步舞；米奴哀舞
- vi. 跳米奴哀舞；跳小步舞
中文詞源
minuet 小步舞曲來自拉丁語minutus,小的，詞源同minute,minimum.-et,小詞后綴。引申詞義小步舞曲。
英文詞源
- minuet (n.)
- "slow dance in triple measure," 1670s, from French menuet, from Old French menuet (adj.) "small, fine, delicate, narrow," from menu "small," from Latin minutus "small, minute" (see minute (adj.)). So called from the short steps taken in the dance. Spelling influenced in English by Italian minuetto.
雙語例句
- 1. He stepped a minuet gravely and gracefully.
- 他的小步舞跳得莊重而優美.
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- 2. The pupils laughed at the sight of their teacher dancing a minuet in the yard.
- 小學生們一看到他們的老師在院子里跳小舞步都笑起來了.
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- 3. The diplomatic minuet is fascinating because three disconnected policy issues are now whirling on single floor.
- 由于三個分離的政策議題現在回旋在一個舞池中使得這場外交舞會令人著迷.
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