dance style characterized by side-kicks from the knee, 1923 (as title of a song), 1925 as a dance, from the U.S. city of Charleston, South Carolina, which was named for King Charles II of England.
Whether the Charleston (dance) has come to stay or not, it behooves every open-minded hostess and musician to "try it out" anyhow. [Ethel P. Peyser, "The Rotarian," July 1926]
雙語例句
1. The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him.
查爾斯頓慘敗錯(cuò)不在他。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Columbia was a young city compared to venerable Charleston.
與歷史悠久的查爾斯頓相比，哥倫比亞是個(gè)年輕的城市。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Then we put the music on, and we all danced the Charleston.
接著我們打開音樂，一起跳起查爾斯頓舞來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The types of braces included Boston, Charleston , lumbosacral brace and Milwaukee, etc.