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country dance

/kuhn-tree-dans, -dahns/US // ˈkʌn triˌdæns, -ˌdɑns //

乡村舞,乡村舞蹈,农村舞蹈,乡间舞

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • In that country at that moment, the Catholics have practically disappeared.

  • Elsewhere, courts throughout the country have placed limits on speech this year.

  • “This is a federal mandate that is causing some real problems for schools across the country,” Kline told a CBS affiliate in July.

  • Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.

  • Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you.

  • The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

  • In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.

  • Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.

  • The moon seemed to smile on him; the aurora appeared to dance with unwonted vigour, as if in glee; the very stars winked at him!

  • There are some folk in this country, you know, who manifest a very retiring disposition at times.