ballet

英 ['b?le?; -l?] 美[b?'le]

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1. 音譯“芭蕾”。

ballet 芭蕾

來自ball, 跳舞。-et, 小詞后綴。

ballet: ballet: [17] Etymologically, a ballet is a ‘little dance’. English acquired the word, via French ballet, from Italian balletto, a diminutive of ballo ‘dance’, related to English ball (the diminutive of Italian balla ‘spherical ball’ is ballotta, whence English ballot). The noun ballo came from the verb ballare (a descendant via late Latin ballāre of Greek ballízein ‘dance’), of which another derivative was ballerino ‘dancing master’.

The feminine form, ballerina, entered English in the late 18th century. Balletomane ‘ballet enthusiast’ is a creation of the 1930s. Another word ballet, also a diminutive, exists, or at least existed, in English. It meant ‘little [spherical] ball’, and was used in the 18th century as a technical term in heraldry.
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ballet (n.): 1660s, from French ballette from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo "a dance" (see ball (n.2)). Balletomane attested by 1930.

1. The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi.: 倫敦市芭蕾舞團從波修瓦芭蕾舞團聘來了兩名男舞蹈演員。

2. He rejoined Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet as Assistant Administrator in 1988.: 他在1988年重回薩德勒的威爾斯皇家芭蕾舞團，任行政助理。

3. Next door, 200 girls are limbering up for their ballet exams.: 隔壁屋里，200名女孩正在為她們的芭蕾考試做熱身。

4. The choreography of Eric Hawkins is considered radical by ballet audiences.: 芭蕾舞觀眾認為埃里克·霍金斯的舞蹈設計非常前衛。

5. Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads.: 由莫斯科大劇院芭蕾舞團的尼娜·阿納尼阿什維利和阿列克謝·法捷耶切夫擔綱演出。