merengue

/muh-reng-gey/US // məˈrɛŋ geɪ //UK // (məˈrɛŋɡeɪ) //

梅伦格舞,美伦格舞,梅伦盖舞,梅伦戈舞

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a ballroom dance of Dominican and Haitian origin, characterized by a stiff-legged, limping step.
- : the music for this dance.

v.无主动词 verb

“When I die, don’t light candles for me, let the men dance and the women drink,” he sang in the horn-filled merengue song “Cuando Yo Me Muera.”
Ventura came of age during the three-decade reign of Rafael Trujillo, a dictator who sought to promote merengue as the country’s national music and dance.
“I love the bolero and today’s salsa,” he sang in “Merenguero Hasta la Tambora,” “but I’m a merengue singer up to my tambora,” a two-headed drum played in merengue.
In the afternoon, bands would perform — classical and jazz, calypso and merengue — and some of the singers were quite talented.