| 词汇 | quadrille |
| 词源 | quadrille. This five-part square dance for four couples is of French origin, but takes its name from the Spanish cuadrilla, “company or troop of soldiers,” which is a diminutive of the Latin quadra, “square.” Quadrille was first applied to one of four groups of horsemen taking part in a tournament, but by 1773 was being used to describe the four-couple dance that be- came so popular in the American South. |
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