ballet
英 ['b?le?; -l?]
美 [b?'le]
- n. 芭蕾舞劇；芭蕾舞樂曲
- n. (Ballet)人名；(西)巴列特；(法)巴萊
助記提示
音譯“芭蕾”。
芭蕾舞在全世界很多地區都是最受歡迎的一種舞蹈。由于這種藝術形式是在法國得到發展和職業化的，所以人們談論芭蕾舞時用的很多詞匯都來自法語。如果你不是專門從事芭蕾舞的話，可能只知道 ballerina（芭蕾舞女演員）和 tutu（芭蕾舞裙）這兩個詞。
注意 ballet 這個單詞的發音：詞尾的“t”不發音，并且第二個音節的讀音類似于 lay，元音字母發的是 a 的音。
有意思的是，有些來自法語的外來詞發音方式像英語，而另外一些則更像法語。
下面這幾個單詞都是以 –et 結尾，但要發 a 的音：buffet, gourmet, filet， chalet，甚至還有 Chevrolet（雪佛蘭汽車公司）。
中文詞源
ballet 芭蕾來自ball, 跳舞。-et, 小詞后綴。
英文詞源
- 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.
=> ball - ballet (n.)
- 1660s, from French ballette from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo "a dance" (see ball (n.2)). Balletomane attested by 1930.
雙語例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句