| 单词 |
tempête |
| 释义 |
‖ tempête|tɑ̃pɛt| [Fr., lit. ‘tempest’.] An English country-dance (and tune) of the late-nineteenth century.
1873L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) viii. 72 We had a Tempête, the Boulanger and ‘Wiss’. 1879Manners & Tone of Good Society viii. 139 Country dances, such as the ‘Tempête’, ‘Sir Roger de Coverley’, etc., are usually danced at private balls when given in the country. 1923G. Arthur Further Lett. from Man of no Importance (1932) 155 Yes, the Tempête was the popular dance at children's and semi-grown-up dances of our young days, and even later at country balls; fancy its being danced again in Paris. |

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