tarantella

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /tæɹənˈtɛlə/    美 /ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
    — The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish.

词形变化

tarantellas plural

词源

Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).
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