ball, dance

名詞 dance:

1. an artistic form of nonverbal communication
2. a party of people assembled for dancing
3. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
   同義詞：dancing, terpsichore, saltation
4. a party for social dancing

動詞 dance:

1. move in a graceful and rhythmical way
2. move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
   同義詞：trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
3. skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways

1. Her whole life has been given to the study of dance.
   她一生獻身于研究舞蹈。
2. The waves danced in the sunlight.
   波浪在陽光下跳舞。
3. She loves to dance to music.
   她喜歡隨著音樂跳舞。

dance

v.（動詞）
danced,danc.ing,danc.es
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.
跳舞：通常是和著音樂有節(jié)奏地移動，用規(guī)定的或即興表演的步伐和手勢

To leap or skip about excitedly.
雀躍：激動地跳躍或跳
To appear to flash or twinkle:
閃亮，閃動：出現(xiàn)突然發(fā)光或閃亮：
例句：
eyes that danced with merriment.
眼神閃爍著歡樂

Informal To appear to skip about; vacillate:
【非正式用語】 四處跳躍；躊躇：
例句：
danced around the issue.
在這個問題上猶豫不定

To bob up and down.
上下擺動
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To engage in or perform (a dance).
參加或表演（舞蹈）
To cause to dance.
使跳舞
To bring to a particular state or condition by dancing:
因跳舞而…：由跳舞帶來某種特殊狀態(tài)或狀況：
例句：
My partner danced me to exhaustion.
我的舞伴使我精疲力盡

n.（名詞）
A series of rhythmical motions and steps, usually to music.
舞蹈，舞步：一系列有節(jié)奏的移動或踏步，通常是和著音樂
The art of dancing:
舞蹈藝術(shù)：
例句：
.[They] have both offered as a definition of dance: a spiritual activity in physical form. (Susan Sontag)
. 兩種都可以作為舞蹈的定義：以身體的形式表現(xiàn)心靈活動. (蘇珊·桑塔格)

A party or gathering of people for dancing; a ball.
舞會：晚會或人們聚在一起跳舞的集會；舞會
One round or turn of dancing:
一支舞：跳舞的一個輪合或一圈：
例句：
May I have this danceô
我可以請你跳這支舞嗎ô

A musical or rhythmical accompaniment composed or played for dancing.
舞曲：為舞蹈所作的曲或為跳舞而演奏有音樂或節(jié)奏的伴奏
The act or an instance of dancing.
跳舞的姿態(tài)：跳舞的行為或例子

來源：
Middle English dauncen
中古英語 dauncen
from Old French danser
源自 古法語 danser
[perhaps of Germanic origin]
[可能來源于日耳曼語的]

【引伸】
danc.er
n.（名詞）
danc.ingly
adv.（副詞）