Lindy hop
noun [ U ] (also Lindy Hop, lindy hop) uk/ˈlɪn.di ˌhɒp/ us/ˈlɪn.di ˌhɑːp/ (also the Lindy hop [ S ])
林迪舞
a fast, energetic dance popular during the late 1930s and 1940s, that includes some steps with a partner and some improvised steps (= invented at the time)
Lindy Hop started in Harlem, New York, when local dancers added to the popular Charleston with fast spins, cartwheels and jumps. 林迪舞始于纽约哈莱姆区,该地区的舞者在流行的查尔斯顿舞中加入了快速旋转、翻筋斗和跳跃等元素。
Swing dance includes the jitterbug, the jive, and the Lindy hop. 摇摆舞包括吉特巴舞、牛仔舞和林迪舞等形式。
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- I've never seen anyone doing the Lindy Hop who wasn't smiling.
- Lindy Hop is danced to jazz or swing music.
- Lindy Hop now has a big following and there are several venues in London where he will find partners waiting to dance with him.
- What passes for social wisdom is often anachronistic blather written by columnists who remember the lindy hop.
Lindy hop
verb [ I ] (also Lindy Hop, lindy hop, lindy-hop) uk/ˈlɪn.di ˌhɒp/ us/ˈlɪn.di ˌhɑːp/
跳林迪舞
to dance a Lindy hop
He wrote about flapper girls and Lindy hopping all night long. 他的作品写到了有无拘无束的年轻女子和通宵达旦的林迪舞。
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- He crouches low, springs high, Lindy Hops, twirls his arms.
- The show involves lindy-hopping and backflips galore.