dance
verb uk/dɑːns/ us/dæns/
A1 [ I or T ]跳（舞），舞蹈
to move the body and feet to music
We danced all night. 我们跳了一夜的舞。
We went dancing at a club. 我们去夜总会跳舞了。
What kind of music do you like dancing to? 你喜欢伴着哪种曲子跳舞？
Who was she dancing with at the party last night? 昨晚舞会上她在和谁跳舞？
Can you dance the tango? 你会跳探戈舞吗？
We played our music and danced the night away. 我们放上音乐，跳了一晚上的舞。
[ I ] literary（轻快地）舞动;摇曳;跳动
to move quickly and lightly
The daffodils were dancing in the breeze. 黄水仙在微风中轻轻舞动。
She watched the sunlight dancing on the water. 她注视着水面上的粼粼波光。
- More examples
- He was too shy to ask her to dance with him.
- The lights and loud music in the club made her want to dance.
- He dances well for a man of his years.
- They danced to the beat of the drums.
- Come on, why aren't you dancing? Enjoy yourselves!
Idioms
be dancing in the streetsidiom informal 欣喜若狂，大喜;高兴得手舞足蹈
to be extremely happy about something that has happened
Not many people will be dancing in the streets about a two percent pay rise. 很少有人会因工资涨了2%而欣喜若狂。
dance attendance on someoneidiom UK 讨好，迎合…
to do everything that someone asks you to and treat them in a special way
I can't stand the way she has to have someone dancing attendance on her the whole time. 我受不了她那种老得有人跑前跑后逢迎着她的作派。
dance to someone's tuneidiom 顺从，服从…;对…唯命是从
to do what someone wants
dance
noun uk/dɑːns/ us/dæns/
B1 [ C ]舞蹈，舞步;舞曲
a particular series of movements that you perform to music or the type of music that is connected with it
The band played a slow dance. 乐队演奏了一支舒缓的舞曲。
A2 [ C ]（尤指正式的）舞会
a social occasion where people dance, especially a formal occasion in a large room
They're having an end-of-term dinner-dance. 他们要举办一场期末餐舞会。
A1 [ C or U ]舞，跳舞
the act of moving your feet and body to music
UK We had a dance. 我们跳了一支舞。
The bride's father gets the first dance at the wedding. 新娘的父亲在婚礼上跟新娘跳第一支舞。
a dance class 舞蹈课
A2 [ U ]舞蹈表演;舞蹈艺术
the art of performing dances, especially as a form of entertainment
The performers tell the story through song and dance. 演员们载歌载舞演绎了那个故事。
- More examples
- Following the dinner, there will be a dance.
- There are classes in movement, dance, acting and improvisation.
- Before a rugby match, the New Zealand team perform a Maori war dance.
- Everyone should pair up for the next dance.
- She's teaching me some basic dance steps.