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ballet

noun
 
🔊/ˈbæleɪ/
🔊/bæˈleɪ/
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  1.  
    [uncountable] a style of dancing that tells a dramatic story with music but no talking or singing芭蕾舞
    • She wants to be a ballet dancer.她想当芭蕾舞演员。🔊🔊
    • ballet shoes芭蕾舞鞋
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • classical
    • contemporary
    • modern
    • …
    verb + ballet
    • learn
    • study
    • teach
    • …
    ballet + noun
    • music
    • dancer
    • company
    • …
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  2.  
    [countable] a story or work of art performed by a group of ballet dancers芭蕾舞剧
    • ‘Swan Lake’ is one of the great classical ballets.《天鹅湖》是一部伟大的古典芭蕾舞剧。🔊🔊
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • classical
    • contemporary
    • modern
    • …
    verb + ballet
    • learn
    • study
    • teach
    • …
    ballet + noun
    • music
    • dancer
    • company
    • …
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  3. [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of dancers who work and perform ballet together芭蕾舞团
    • members of the Royal Ballet皇家芭蕾舞团成员
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • classical
    • contemporary
    • modern
    • …
    verb + ballet
    • learn
    • study
    • teach
    • …
    ballet + noun
    • music
    • dancer
    • company
    • …
    See full entry
    4. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo ‘dance’, from late Latin ballare ‘to dance’; related to Greek ballizein ‘to dance’.