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ceilidh

/key-lee/US // ˈkeɪ li //UK // (ˈkeɪlɪ) //

歌舞厅,歌舞团,歌舞表演,歌舞剧

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Irish, Scot., and Canadian .

    • : a party, gathering, or the like, at which dancing, singing, and storytelling are the usual forms of entertainment.

Examples

  • The Highland Ceilidh will be commenced in the next number, and continued from month to month.

  • The fire in the centre of the room was almost a necessity of the good old Ceilidh days.

  • At the evening ceilidh a competent reader of Gaelic can usually be found.

  • They say these "ceilidh" are not yet altogether given up in Gairloch parish.

  • As for the superstition of the tales of ceilidh and buaile-mhart I have little to say.