maxixe

/mak-seeks; Portuguese mah-shee-shi/US // mækˈsiks; Portuguese mɑˈʃi ʃɪ //UK // (məˈʃiːʃ, mækˈsiːks, məˈʃiːʃeɪ) //

马克西

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural max·ix·es [mak-seek-suhz; Portuguese mah-shee-shis]. /mækˈsik səz; Portuguese mɑˈʃi ʃɪs/.
- : a ballroom dance originating in Brazil, in moderate duple measure with syncopated rhythms.

At the Maison Maxixe you can pull any kind of romance, stale or recent, and nobody'll care a hoot.
Then they danced and his heart thumped; but subtly it was persuaded to thump in the measure of that unholy Maxixe.
She placed a Maxixe record on the Victrola that stood by the piano; then she held out her arms to him.
And you can bet I didn't linger in front of the Maison Maxixe long after that.
But the management at the Maison Maxixe don't stand for any rough stuff.