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coranto

/kuh-ran-toh, -rahn-, koh-/US // kəˈræn toʊ, -ˈrɑn-, koʊ- //UK // (kɒˈræntəʊ) //

科兰托,科兰多,科朗托

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural co·ran·tos, co·ran·toes.

    • : courante.

Examples

  • I thought Sir you wou'd have been more open-handed, I sell no Coranto's at such rates.

  • Morley speaks of the Volte, and says it is characterised by 'rising and leaping,' and is of the same 'measure' as a coranto.

  • Whitelocke and Hyde were two of the principal managers, and the former wrote for it his celebrated Coranto.

  • Even the Pope (I speak in all reverence) must play billiards or trip a coranto now and then!

  • Then Charles, with ready grace, would begin the coranto, taking a single lady in this dance along the gallery.