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waltz

noun
🔊/wɔːls/, 🔊/wɔːlts/
🔊/wɔːls/, 🔊/wɔːlts/
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  1. a dance in which two people dance together to a regular rhythm; a piece of music for this dance华尔兹舞；华尔兹舞曲；圆舞曲
    • to dance a/the waltz跳华尔兹舞
    • a Strauss waltz施特劳斯圆舞曲
    Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slow
    • modern
    • Viennese
    • …
    verb + waltz
    • dance
    • do
    • play
    • …
    waltz + noun
    • rhythm
    • time
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from German Walzer, from walzen ‘revolve’.

waltz

verb
🔊/wɔːls/, 🔊/wɔːlts/
🔊/wɔːls/, 🔊/wɔːlts/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they waltz
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🔊/wɔːls/, 🔊/wɔːlts/
he / she / it waltzes
🔊/ˈwɔːlsɪz/, 🔊/ˈwɔːltsɪz/
🔊/ˈwɔːlsɪz/, 🔊/ˈwɔːltsɪz/
past simple waltzed
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🔊/wɔːlst/, 🔊/wɔːltst/
past participle waltzed
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🔊/wɔːlst/, 🔊/wɔːltst/
-ing form waltzing
🔊/ˈwɔːlsɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈwɔːltsɪŋ/
🔊/ˈwɔːlsɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈwɔːltsɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to dance a waltz跳华尔兹舞
    • (+ adv./prep.) I watched them waltzing across the floor.我望着他们跳着华尔兹在舞池中旋转。🔊🔊
    • waltz somebody + adv./prep. He waltzed her around the room.他带着她满屋跳华尔兹舞。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to walk or go somewhere in a very confident way大摇大摆地走
    • I don't like him waltzing into the house as if he owned it.我不喜欢他像房主似的大摇大摆走进屋来。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive] waltz (through something) to complete or achieve something without any difficulty轻易完成；轻而易举地取得
    • The recruits have waltzed through their training.新招收的成员轻松顺利地完成了训练。🔊🔊
    Topics Successc2
    4. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from German Walzer, from walzen ‘revolve’.