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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- song and dance
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1.
[American English]
歌舞,有歌舞的表演
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2.
[verbal]
遁辞,不着边际的解释,支吾搪塞的话;(为得到同情而编造的)借口
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[verbal]
废话,罗嗦的话
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[verbal]
热烈讨论;激动;骚动
Collins English-English Dictionary
- song and dance
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n
[informal]
[Brit]
a fuss, esp one that is unnecessary
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2.
n
[US and Canadian]
a long or elaborate story or explanation, esp one that is evasive
Examples
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Today, the cultural aspects of the ceremony live on through song and dance contests or festivals.
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今天,要通过歌舞比赛和表演的形式展现庆典的文化气息。
→ aspect
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Don't make a song and dance about it.
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别那么大惊小怪的。
→ song and dance
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They are making a song and dance about freedom.
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他们长篇大论地说了一堆关于自由的废话。
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I only asked him to move his book but he made such a song and dance about it.
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我只不过是让他把书挪一下,他就大题小作的。
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中央歌舞团是新中国成立后的第一个国家级歌舞团。
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The Central Ensemble of Songs and Dances was the first national song and dance ensemble to be set up after the establishment of the new China.
→ 歌舞团
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一台戏(话剧、歌舞)
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a performance (modern drama, song and dance performance)
→ 台
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杵乐这种民间艺术歌舞在中国大陆是很少见到的。
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"Pestle music" - A folk performance of song and dance, is very rare in Mainland China.
→ 杵乐
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从小受爷爷影响和熏陶, 我也喜欢听二人台了。
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Influenced by my grandpa when I was a child, I have also come to love listening to Inner Mongolian song and dance duets.
→ 二人台
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东北有句俗话:“宁舍三顿饭, 不舍二人转”, 充分表达了人们对这个地方剧种的喜爱。
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As a saying in northeast China goes, "we'd rather give up our three meals a day than song and dance duets"; local people are keen on this kind of opera.
→ 二人转
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