saraband
/sar-uh-band/US // ˈsær əˌbænd //
萨拉班德,萨拉邦,萨拉邦德,萨拉曼德
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- : a piece of music for or using the rhythm of this dance, usually forming one of the movements in the classical suite and following the courante.
Examples
In his ears the hum of insects still sounded, and to his unheeding eyes the stars danced their saraband.
Somewhere there was a moon, for scurrying clouds were dancing a witches' saraband across a faintly clearer sky.
The King then approached Julian, and desired him to take his instrument, and cause his female companion to perform a saraband.
Of distant climes the false report It lured me from my native land; It bade me rove—my sole support My cymbals and my saraband.
Somber figures danced in a saraband of shadows to a yearning melody of Tschaikovsky.
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