seguidilla
/sey-guh-deel-yuh, -dee-yuh, seg-uh-; Spanish se-gee-thee-lyah/US // ˌseɪ gəˈdil yə, -ˈdi yə, ˌsɛg ə-; Spanish ˌsɛ giˈði lyɑ //UK // (ˌsɛɡɪˈdiːljə) //
塞古迪拉,塞古伊迪拉,塞古迪利亚,塞古迪亚
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural se·gui·dil·las [sey-guh-deel-yuhz, -dee-yuhz; Spanish se-gee-thee-lyahs]. /ˌseɪ gəˈdil yəz, -ˈdi yəz; Spanish ˌsɛ giˈði lyɑs/.
- : Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
- : a Spanish dance in triple meter for two persons.
- : the music for this dance.
Examples
The Tigercat looked at his new ally with a stare of surprise, shrugged his shoulders, and whistled a Mexican seguidilla.
Whether the little seguidilla meant any thing in the lips of the songstress, I do not presume to say.
It is the seguidilla, with its gracious memories, which gives life to the Feria.
The minuet and the waltz were both in some degree derived from it, and it had much in common with the famous Seguidilla of Spain.
In the distance there was the sound of united frivolities, a band of twenty guitars thrumming a wilful seguidilla.
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