quadrille

英 [kwəˈdrɪl]

美 [kwəˈdrɪl]

n. 方阵舞，卡德利尔舞(过去流行，由四对或以上的男女构成方阵)

复数：quadrilles　

BNC.46350 / COCA.43922

牛津词典

noun

方阵舞，卡德利尔舞（过去流行，由四对或以上的男女构成方阵）
a dance for four or more couples in a square, popular in the past

柯林斯词典

(由四对或四对以上舞伴组成的老式)方阵舞，夸德里尔舞
Aquadrilleis a type of old-fashioned dance for four or more couples.

英英释义

noun

a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples
music for dancing the quadrille

双语例句

She had also asked him twice to dine at Rosings, and had sent for him only the Saturday before, to make up her pool of quadrille in the evening.
夫人曾经请他到罗新斯去吃过两次饭，上星期六晚上还请他到她家里去打过夸锥。
Other small UK publishers such as profile books or quadrille publishing have been similarly successful in finding a profitable niche and exporting books.
英国其它小型出版商如profilebooks和quadrillepublishing也同样成功找到了有利可图的利基市场，并成功地从事图书出口业务。
` Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille? '
我们再跳一节龙虾四组舞好吗？
Many a quadrille table was spoiled that memorable evening. Jui-chueh, Shu-ying, Shu-hua and Madam Shen played mahjong in Chueh-hsin's room.
在这个令人难忘的夜晚，多少张牌桌给耽搁了。在觉新的房里也摆好了牌桌子，这一桌是瑞珏、淑英、淑华和五太太沈氏。
The country dances throughout Europe probably all represent, at least in part, inheritances via gesunkenes kulturgut of such popular nineteenth-century social dances as the spirited cotillon, in which partners were exchanged, and the quadrille, a dance for four couples.
整个欧洲或至少部分欧洲的乡村舞蹈都继承了十九世纪流行的轻快交谊舞，由四对舞伴组成，不断地交换舞伴。
One of the cavaliers then hastened to invite Teresa, without whom it was impossible for the quadrille to be formed, but the young girl had disappeared.
于是有一个舞伴就急忙去请德丽莎，因为没有她就组不成四对舞，但那年轻姑娘却已经不见了。
Music for dancing the quadrille.
跳四对方舞用的舞曲。
Many a quadrille table was spoiled that memorable evening.
在这个令人难忘的夜晚，多少张牌桌给耽搁了。
A quadrille for 8 or 16 couples.
一种有八对或十六对的方形舞。
So there is a lot to said in defense of the US, right now, devoting a large amount of attention to the complicated quadrille of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
因此对于美国将大量注意力投向伊拉克、伊朗、阿富汗和巴基斯坦这四个复杂国家，目前有很多理由给予辩护。