waltz

• vi. 跳華爾茲舞；旋轉；輕快地走動
• vt. 硬拖；與…跳華爾茲舞
• adj. 圓舞曲的；華爾茲舞的
• n. 華爾茲舞；華爾茲舞曲
• n. (Waltz)人名；(英、葡、德、匈、波)華爾茲

來自PIE*wel,轉，旋轉，詞源同volume,involve。引申詞義舞蹈。

waltz

waltz: [18] To waltz is etymologically to ‘roll’. The word was adapted from German walzen. This meant literally ‘roll, revolve’. Its application to a dance that involves spinning round is a secondary development. It came from the prehistoric Germanic base *wal-, *wel- ‘roll’, which also produced English wallow, welter, etc, and it is ultimately related to English involve, volume, etc.
=> wallow

waltz (n.)

round dance performed to music in triple time, extraordinarily popular as a fashionable dance from late 18c. to late 19c., the dance itself probably of Bohemian origin, 1781, from German Waltzer, from walzen "to roll, dance," from Old High German walzan "to turn, roll," from Proto-Germanic *walt- (cognate with Old Norse velta), from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve" (see volvox). Described in 1825 as "a riotous and indecent German dance" [Walter Hamilton, "A Hand-Book or Concise Dictionary of Terms Used in the Arts and Sciences"].

The music struck up a beautiful air, and the dancers advanced a few steps, when suddenly, to my no small horror and amazement, the gentlemen seized the ladies round the waist, and all, as if intoxicated by this novel juxtaposition, began to whirl about the room, like a company of Bacchanalians dancing round a statue of the jolly god. "A waltz!" exclaimed I, inexpressibly shocked, "have I lived to see Scotch women waltz?" ["The Edinburgh Magazine," April, 1820]

waltz (v.)

1794, from waltz (n.). Meaning "to move nimbly" (as one does in dancing a waltz) is recorded from 1862. Related: Waltzed; waltzing.

1. Arthur Murray taught the foxtrot, the tango and the waltz.

阿瑟·默裏教狐步舞、探戈和華爾茲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. "Waltz with me," he said, taking her hand.

“來和我跳支華爾茲吧，”他邊說邊牽起她的手。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She played a Chopin waltz as an encore.

她應聽眾的要求又加演了一首肖邦的圓舞曲。

來自《權威詞典》

4. Even those of us with a tin ear can recognize a waltz.

我們這些沒有樂感的人也能聽得出什麽是華爾茲.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. They waltz to the tempo of the music.

他們跟著音樂的節奏跳華爾茲舞.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》