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gavotte是什么意思

gavotte

英 [gə'vɒt] 美 [ɡə'vɑt]
  • n. (法)加伏特舞;嘉禾舞
  • vi. 跳加伏特舞

中文词源


gavotte 加沃特舞(旧时流行于法国)

来自法语Gavot, 民族名,当地民族舞蹈。

英文词源


gavotte (n.)
lively dance, 1690s, from French gavotte (17c.), from Old Provençal gavoto "mountaineer's dance," from gavot, a local name for an Alpine resident, said to mean literally "boor, glutton," from gaver "to stuff, force-feed poultry," from Old Provençal gava "crop." From the same source is French gavache "coward, dastard." The Italianized form is gavotta.

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