- [countable]
(in ballet 芭蕾舞 a position in which the dancer balances on one leg with the other leg lifted and stretched out straight behind parallel to the ground 阿拉贝斯克舞姿，迎风展翅（一脚着地，一条腿向后平伸） - [countable, uncountable]
(in art 艺术 a type of design where lines wind around each other 阿拉伯花饰（互相交织的曲线图案）
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian arabesco ‘in the Arabic style’, from arabo ‘Arab’.