potty dance
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Voluntary or involuntary movements resulting from trying to avoid urination when one's bladder is full, typically by crossing one's legs, hopping, twitching, or holding one's crotch.
— "Noooo," the clerk replied calmly, looking me in the eye. "There's a state law that says we don't have to let you use our rest room." He turned back to his work. By now, I was furious, and my daughter was beginning to do the potty dance. Time was running out.
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In potty training, any dance meant to encourage infants or young children to use the potty/toilet.
— On her first day out, let your child know she's going to have lots of supporters cheering her on — to help her feel warm-and-fuzzy while she's learning this brand-new potty dance.
动词 v.
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To move in this manner.
— The most frequent cause of incontinence in children is bladder instability. These children present with urge incontinence and squatting behavior, or "potty dancing." Most have been wet since toilet training, although a dry period of several months after toilet training is not uncommon.
词源
词源 1
From potty + dance. The first sense is from the movements ostensibly resembling a dance.
词源 2
From potty + dance. The first sense is from the movements ostensibly resembling a dance.
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