dance2 ●●● S2 W3 verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DANCE to move your feet and body in a way that matches the style and speed of music 跳(舞) Come on, let’s dance. 来吧,我们跳舞吧。
dance to They danced to Ruby Newman’s orchestra (=the orchestra was playing). 他们随着鲁比·纽曼管弦乐队的演奏跳起舞来。
dance with The bride danced with her father. 新娘和她父亲一起跳舞。
dance a waltz/rumba/tango etc 跳华尔兹/伦巴/探戈等
2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to dance in performances, especially in ballet 〔尤指在芭蕾舞表演中〕跳(舞) He danced with the Boston Repertory Ballet. 他在波士顿轮演剧目芭蕾舞团跳舞。
Nakamura dances several solos in this production. 中村在这出舞剧中有几段独舞。
3 [intransitiveI]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION literary to move up, down, and around quickly 跳跃,舞动 Pink and white balloons danced in the wind. 粉红色和白色的气球随风舞动。
4 dance to somebody’s tune OBEYto do what someone wants you to do – used to show disapproval 听从某人指挥,服从某人差遣〔含贬义〕5Organizations invariably dance to the tune of the people who control their funding.机构组织总要听命于那些掌握他们运转资金的人。
n At that time, Eastern bloc countries danced to the Soviet tune.
dance to somebody’s tune• They control all the funding so we have to dance to their tune.• But now it dances to a different tune.• Mandeville and Santerre had arrived at Templecombe wanting to make everyone dance to their tune.• She had to stay on her best behaviour and dance to his tune.• This is how I like things - me pulling the strings, getting them to dance to my tune.• Why did he get the feeling that he and Egbert were dancing to a tune?• She was dancing to his tune a little too, and she was uneasily aware of it.• Everyone was in a circle now, dancing to a rollicking tune played by the small band, and changing partners.• Now he danced to Kirov's tune, without knowing the steps. 5 dance attendance on somebody WITHto do everything possible in order to please someone 奉承某人,讨某人欢心 a movie star with several young men dancing attendance on her 被好几个年轻男子大献殷勤的女电影明星
dance attendance on somebody• Doctor Agrippa, who surprisingly had kept well out of our way, now came to dance attendance on us. —dancing noun [uncountableU] the beauty of her dancing 她舞蹈的美