hoedown

FREQ #38847

n. 方形舞, 方形舞舞会

发音

US /ˈhoʊdaʊn/

词形变化

hoedowns 复数 hoedowns hoedowned hoedowning hoedowns 三单 hoedowning 现在分词 hoedowned 过去式 hoedowned 过去分词

别名

hoe down hoe-down

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of American folk or square dance.

    John and Susie went to the square dance and did the hoedown.

  2. 2.

    The type of music typically played for such a dance

  3. 3.

    A gathering at which such dances take place.

    We have to get to the hoedown before noon, or we'll be late.

v.
  1. 1.

    To dance a hoedown dance

词源

1835–45, Americanism; hoe + down, a social gathering taking place once work is over, i.e., when tillers and farm workers put their hoes down.

来源：wiktionary