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tarantella

/tar-uhn-tel-uh/US // ˌtær ənˈtɛl ə //UK // (ˌtærənˈtɛlə) //

塔拉内拉,狼牙棒,塔拉泰拉,塔拉内拉舞

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a rapid, whirling southern Italian dance in very quick sextuple, originally quadruple, meter, usually performed by a single couple, and formerly supposed to be a remedy for tarantism.
    • : a piece of music either for the dance or in its rhythm.

Examples

  • The effect miraculous; danced Tarantella till the bandage came off and he fainted.

  • She dances the Tarantella now—by-and-by she will dance to another tune!

  • It was the famous tarantella dance which the people of Southern Italy love so much.

  • Making an effort to stem it, she recalled her happiness with Maurice after that day of the Tarantella.

  • Her Sicilian and his tarantella, the tarantella of his joy in Sicily—they had gone away into the blue.