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siciliano

/si-sil-ee-ah-noh/US // sɪˌsɪl iˈɑ noʊ //UK // (sɪˌsɪlɪˈɑːnəʊ, ˌsɪtʃɪˈljɑːnəʊ) //

西西里岛,西西里语,西西里人,西西里亚诺

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural si·cil·i·a·nos.

    • : a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
    • : the music for this dance.

Examples

  • The picture over this altar is the work of Jacomo Siciliano.

  • It is worth twenty-five lire, but I will make a special price for you because you love Sicily and are like a Siciliano.

  • Dance-measures, the passacaglia, even the jig, are not excluded; and a chorale has its counterpoint in a siciliano.

  • Juan Siciliano settled in Mexico, where he died a natural death.

  • Poor Siciliano had to waste his power in occasional poems for his subsistence, and was thus unable to produce any lasting work.