单词 | minuet |
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音标 | [`minju'et] |
解释 | n.小步舞 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 小步舞(a slow, stately dance) 【记】 minu(小)+et→小步舞 【同】 同根词:minute(微小 的); minuscular(无足轻重 的) |
字源 | minuet (n.) "slow dance in triple measure," 1670s, from French menuet, from Old French menuet (adj.) "small, fine, delicate, narrow," from menu "small," from Latin minutus "small, minute" (see minute (adj.)). So called from the short steps taken in the dance. Spelling influenced in English by Italian minuetto. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】minute 小 + et小 |
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