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terpsichorean

/turp-si-kuh-ree-uhn, turp-si-kawr-ee-uhn, -kohr-/US // ˌtɜrp sɪ kəˈri ən, ˌtɜrp sɪˈkɔr i ən, -ˈkoʊr- //UK // (ˌtɜːpsɪkəˈrɪən, -ˈkɔːrɪən) often facetious //

畸形人,畸形儿,畸形,畸形人的生活

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to dancing.
    • : of or relating to Terpsichore.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dancer.

Examples

  • He went home, and the next time the Terpsichorean Society invited him to a dance he declined to go.

  • "A Terpsichorean personage," replied Dick, with the air of one discussing a grave problem.

  • Laurie followed, for the second time in his life wishing that the Terpsichorean art had been included in his education!

  • Then occurred one of those terpsichorean performances which never failed to shock old Sonora's sense of the fitness of things.

  • It would therefore seem to him strange that I should not have had much chance of perfecting my knowledge of the terpsichorean art.

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