“Petronella”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Petronella

释义

Petronella|pɛtrəˈnɛlə|
Also with lower-case initial.
[? the feminine name Petronella.]
A Scottish country dance.
1897Ball Room Nov. 11/1 The country dances of twenty-five or thirty years ago were being quite forgotten. ‘Sir Roger’, ‘Triumph’, ‘Pettonella’ [sic], the ‘Saraband’, [etc.].1905F. H. Norman Compl. Dance Instructor 50 Petronella.1907N. Munro Daft Days xxx. 251 Our dances at the inn are not like city routs: Petronella, La Tempête, and the reel have still an honoured place in them.1924Glasgow Herald 1 Sept. 8 Despite the grumbles of old-timers who lament the passing of the schottisch, the lancers, and the polka—not to speak of petronella and ‘La Va’—the dancing world is eminently conservative.1935N. Mitchison We have been Warned i. i. 17 You and I danced Strip the Willow and Petronella.1978A. Dunnett No Thanks to Duke xii. 175 We danced the whole night..Petronella, Strip the Willow,..Foursome Reel.

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