Quadrille

(noun.) a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples.

(noun.) music for dancing the quadrille.

乔茜录入

• 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. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• My dun-coloured dress did well enough under a palet?t on the stage, but would not suit a waltz or a quadrille. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Saying these words, Caddy laughingly sat down at a little jingling square piano and really rattled off a quadrille with great spirit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The various sounds which found their way downstairs announced the commencement of the first quadrille. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Are you coming to fetch me for the quadrille? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Mrs. Bates, the widow of a former vicar of Highbury, was a very old lady, almost past every thing but tea and quadrille. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I waltzed and danced quadrilles with half the young ladies and gentlemen in the room. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The musicians were securely confined in an elevated den, and quadrilles were being systematically got through by two or three sets of dancers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• As well might he have endeavoured to move rocks and mountains and make them dance quadrilles at Almack's! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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