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roundelay

/roun-dl-ey/US // ˈraʊn dlˌeɪ //UK // (ˈraʊndɪˌleɪ) //

圆滑,圆环,圆通,圆通公司

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
    • : the music for such a song.
    • : a dance in a circle; round dance.

Examples

  • Nellie Thomas' bird-like tones thrilled their roundelay of worship with the silvery clearness of the skylark.

  • And by night about the crackling camp fire our happy voices, all united, are uplifted in song and roundelay.

  • During the day it gets on a neighboring brush or tree and sings its roundelay of song for hours at a time.

  • Why sing a roundelay that means no more than Choctaw to a Turk?

  • Voices rippled from chantey to roundelay and back to chantey again.