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beguine

/buh-geen/US // bəˈgin //UK // (bɪˈɡiːn) //

真人,真品,真人秀,真心话

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dance in bolero rhythm that originated in Martinique.
    • : a modern social dance based on the beguine.
    • : music for either of these dances.

Examples

  • The first song I remember thinking “that is incredible” about was a song called “Begin the Beguine.”

  • I was transported into this place where the Beguine was happening, whatever that was.

  • It is pleasant to look at the smiling, cheerful old Beguine, and think no more of yonder livid face.

  • Then, to make matters worse, there came that sad Affair of the Beguine.

  • This, by some mischief-making Persons, was held to be highly compromising to the Fair Beguine.

  • On the third day she rendered her, with her own hands, every service for which she had formerly needed a Beguine's aid.

  • Meanwhile it had grown dark, and the Beguine Paulina brought in a two-branched candelabrum with burning candles.