fox-trot是什么意思

fox-trot

['fɔkstrɔt]

fox-trot (n.): also foxtrot, 1872, "a slow trot or jog trot, a pace with short steps," such as a fox's, especially of horses, from fox (n.) + trot (n.). As a type of popular dance to ragtime music, from late 1914, a fad in 1915. The early writing on the dance often seems unaware of the equestrian pace of the same name, and instead associated it with the turkey trot one-step dance that was popular a few years before.
As a variation of the one-step, as a legitimate successor to all the objectionable trots, the fox trot has attained a form which is in a fair way to become permanent. ... It has the charm of being an absolute fit for many of the most alluring transient tunes; and it can be danced, without self-consciousness, by hundreds of people who never pretended to be graceful or dancefully talented. [Maurice Mouvet, "Maurice's Art of Dancing," 1915]

1. It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds.: 画面中一只狐狸正被一群猎狗撕咬得肠子外流。

2. "Ah, Captain Fox," Martin McGuinness said affably. "Nice to see you again.": “啊，福克斯上尉，”马丁·麦吉尼斯亲切地说，“很高兴再次见到您。”

3. Fox, badger, weasel and stoat are regularly seen here.: 狐狸、獾、黄鼠狼和白鼬在这里很常见。

4. James Fox is best known as the author of White Mischief.: 詹姆斯·福克斯以《欲望城》一书最为出名.

5. Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.: 即使从远处看，他的狐狸戏服也很抢眼。