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mazurka

/muh-zur-kuh, -zoor-/US // məˈzɜr kə, -ˈzʊər- //UK // (məˈzɜːkə) //

马祖卡,玛祖卡,马祖尔卡

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
    • : music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

Examples

  • Maciejowski wrote also four mazurka strophes eulogising Hanka's scientific achievements, and Chopin set them to music.

  • The trio (poco piu mosso), the more original portion of the Mazurka, reappears in a slightly altered form in later mazurkas.

  • Would you believe it, they were all flocking about us in crowds; in the mazurka they did nothing but seek her out.

  • How she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron!

  • The theme was in somewhat the nature of a mazurka, sweet and graceful.