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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- ballet ['bæleɪ]
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n
a classical style of expressive dancing based on precise conventional steps with gestures and movements of grace and fluidity
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- ballet dancer
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a theatrical representation of a story or theme performed to music by ballet dancers
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a troupe of ballet dancers
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n
a piece of music written for a ballet
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n
[Etymology]
C17: from French, from Italian balletto literally: a little dance, from ballare to dance; see
ball 2
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1.
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a classical style of expressive dancing based on precise conventional steps with gestures and movements of grace and fluidity
Examples
- a devotee of the ballet
- 芭蕾舞迷 → ballet
- She looks as spare as a ballet dancer.
- 她瘦削高挑，跟个芭蕾舞演员似的。 → ballet
- I learned the basic movements of ballet in high school.
- 我在高中时学习过芭蕾舞的基本动作。 → ballet
- The Ballet Academy didn't accept her because she is too heavy to dance.
- 芭蕾学院拒绝接受她，因为她超重了。 → ballet
- Ballet dancers float around the stage.
- 芭蕾舞演员在舞台上翩翩起舞。
- He's a dancer in the National Ballet Company.
- 他是国家芭蕾舞团的舞蹈演员。 → ballet
- Our dance studio teaches children and adults and provides dance instruction in tap, jazz and ballet.
- 我们舞蹈班可对儿童及成人提供踢踏舞、爵士舞和芭蕾舞方面的指导。 → ballet
- the friends of Birmingham Royal Ballet
- 伯明翰皇家芭蕾舞团的赞助者 → friend
- ballet dancer → ballet
- she initiated him into the ballet → initiate
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