四对方舞 meaning in Chinese
fledermausquadrille
Examples
- The movements of the other women were more or less similar to tess s , the whole bevy of them drawing together like dancers in a quadrille at the completion of a sheaf by each , every one placing her sheaf on end against those of the rest , till a shock , or stitch as it was here called , of ten or a dozen was formed
其他的妇女捆麦子的动作大体上同苔丝差不多,她们每个人捆好一捆,就像跳四对方舞的人一样,从四面聚拢来,把各自的麦捆靠着别人的竖在一起,最后形成了十捆或十二捆的一堆,或者按当地人说的那样,形成一垛。