“dancing、girl”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dancing-girl

释义

ˈdancing-girl
[dancing ppl. a.]
1. A girl who dances in public; a female professional dancer; esp. in India, a nautch-girl (in Pg. bailadeira, bayadère 1).
1760Goldsm. Cit. W. xlv, Pleased with the postures as well as the condescension of our dancing girls.1782Ann. Reg. 43 A company of strolling dancing girls from Surat appeared on a platform.1842Longfellow Sp. Stud. i. i, A mere dancing-girl, who shows herself Nightly, half-naked, on the stage, for money.1848H. Martineau East. Life (1850) 283 There was a booth with dancing-girls, a horrid sight.
2. dancing-girls: a plant, Mantisia saltatoria, cultivated in green-houses for the beauty and singularity of its purple and yellow flowers.
1866Treas. Bot. 719/1 Its flowers..present some resemblance to a ballet-dancer; hence the popular name, Dancing Girls, applied to the plant.

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