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dance

Word family 
Related topics: Music, Dance
dance1 /dɑːns $ dæns/ ●●● S2 W3 noun
1  [countableC]DANCE a special set of movements performed to a particular type of music 舞蹈，舞步
The waltz is an easy dance to learn.
華爾茲這種舞很容易學。
folk/traditional dance
the traditional dances and music of Russia
俄羅斯傳統舞蹈和音樂
2  [countableC]DANCE a social event or party where you dance 舞會
Are you going to the dance this weekend?
這個周末你去參加舞會嗎？
the school dance
學校舞會
3  [countableC]DANCE an act of dancing 舞蹈，跳舞
Claire did a little dance of excitement.
克萊爾興奮地跳了幾步舞。
have a dance especially British EnglishBrE
Let’s have another dance.
我們再跳個舞吧。
4  [countableC]APM a piece of music which you can dance to 舞曲
The band was playing a slow dance.
樂隊正在演奏一支節奏舒緩的舞曲。
5  [uncountableU]DANCE the activity or art of dancing 舞蹈（藝術）
modern dance
現代舞
dance and movement classes
舞蹈和形體動作班
→ song and dance about something at song(4), → lead somebody a dance at lead1(19)
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a traditional dance
The drum is often used in Africa to accompany traditional dances.
a folk dance (=typical of the ordinary people who live somewhere)
This is one of the oldest folk dances in Greece.
a national dance
The Tango is Argentina’s national dance.
verbs
do a dance
Can you do any dances?
perform a dance
We watched the group perform some traditional Spanish dances.
dance + NOUN
a dance routine/sequence (=a set of movements that are part of a dance)
She was practising a complicated dance routine.
a dance step (=a movement in a dance)
Lou was teaching me a few dance steps.
dance music
A small band was playing dance music.
a dance floor (=special floor for people to dance on)
a dance band (=playing music that people can dance to)
a professional dance band
n THESAURUS
dance an organized social event where people to go dance
The dance will be held in the school gym.
ball a large formal occasion where people dance
The University holds a ball at the end of June.
prom a formal dance party for high school students, especially in the US, usually held at the end of a school year
Who’s your date for the prom?
formal American EnglishAmE a dance at which you must wear formal clothes
He rented a tuxedo to wear to his company’s holiday formal.
disco a place or social event where people dance to recorded popular music
She met Nick at a school disco.
club/nightclub a place where people go at night to dance
We went out for dinner and then to a club.
Examples from the Corpus
dance• Dances used to be held in the church hall at least once a month.• The surprise hit of that summer was 'Macarena', which was also a dance craze.• Most black dance students of the time tended to be steered by well-meaning teachers into the more welcoming field of modern dance.• The Society are holding their 15th anniversary dinner dance at the Broomshill Hotel.• I prefer old-fashioned dances like the waltz or the tango.• Hungarian folk dances• May I have the next dance?• Twyla Tharpe's dance troupe• school dances• As the dance finished we curtsied again and the Duke of Edinburgh stopped to congratulate us.• Alan took Amy to the dance last weekend.• Do you want to go to the dance on Saturday night?• The dance was loneliness and anguish laid bare.• Martina and I performed the uncertain dance of people parting, with its limited steps.
folk/traditional dance• Although traditional, these instruments are still used to accompany folk dances today.• The children were encouraged to take ballroom and folk dancing as part of their physical training curriculum.• Each evening at Skei there will special events such as folk dancing.• The participants in folk dance can and certainly do show elation.• The event will be followed by a Pan-Orthodox folk dance celebration.• Secondly the traditional dances and customs of a particular country that can give local colour and atmosphere to a plot or theme.• It also conveys the mood and emotions of the Girl, a very rare happening in true folk dance.• A show to bring warmth to your heart, a large measure of live music with traditional dance circle steps.
did a ... dance• Did you really dance to it?• They didn't dance, they didn't tease - they didn't strip, not really.• Frank did not dance with me as Charlie had.• The vain girl did a little dance in them, but when she tried to stop, the shoes kept on dancing.• He did a dance of his own after the shot went in.• Then he looked at my legs and I did a few dances.• While Mary did her dance practice her husband Ian joined us with other families on some of the excursions.• The kitchenmaids had lifeless eyes; they drifted, they did not dance in foot or mind.
Related topics: Dance
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.
來吧，我們跳舞吧。
dance to
They danced to Ruby Newman’s orchestra (=the orchestra was playing).
他們随着魯比·紐曼管弦樂隊的演奏跳起舞來。
dance with
The bride danced with her father.
新娘和她父親一起跳舞。
dance a waltz/rumba/tango etc 跳華爾茲/倫巴/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.
他在波士頓輪演劇目芭蕾舞團跳舞。
Nakamura dances several solos in this production.
中村在這出舞劇中有幾段獨舞。
3  [intransitiveI]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION literary to move up, down, and around quickly 跳躍，舞動
Pink and white balloons danced in the wind.
粉紅色和白色的氣球随風舞動。
4  dance to somebody’s tune OBEYto do what someone wants you to do – used to show disapproval 聽從某人指揮，服從某人差遣〔含貶義〕
5Organizations invariably dance to the tune of the people who control their funding.
機構組織總要聽命於那些掌握他們運轉資金的人。
nAt that time, Eastern bloc countries danced to the Soviet tune.
Examples from the Corpus
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，討某人歡心
a movie star with several young men dancing attendance on her
被好幾個年輕男子大獻殷勤的女電影明星
Examples from the Corpus
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
Examples from the Corpus
dance• Everyone got up and danced.• Two or three couples began to dance.• A party of enthusiasts danced a quadrille on a flat rock near the middle of the stream.• I have an old photo of my parents dancing a waltz.• She danced and danced, at one point passing by the funeral of the kind old woman.• They dance off into the cosmos.• He doesn't dance on his own for long.• Nakamura danced several solos in the "Nutcracker Suite."• The disco starts at 11pm so you can dance the night away.• She only wanted him to go on dancing till he dropped.• If you like dancing to drum and bass, come to the Coven on Saturday night.• She had arrived with her parents some time ago but seemed to be dancing with a matador.• Will you dance with me?• She danced with the San Francisco Ballet for six years.• They responded by dancing with their tongues tucked happily into their cheeks.
dance to• The audience clapped, swayed, and danced to the music.
Origin dance2
(1200-1300) Old French dancier

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