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词汇 grass skirt
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Definition of grass skirt in English:

grass skirt

noun
  • A skirt made of long grass and leaves fastened to a waistband, associated especially with female dancers from some Pacific islands.

    (尤指太平洋一些岛国上舞女所穿的)草裙

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hawaii offers so much more than grass skirts and palm trees.
    • The islands are known for music (primarily fast, complex drumming) and dance, in particular the fast, hip-swinging tamure, which is performed in traditional costumes consisting of grass skirts and headbands.
    • It's like a new version of the grass skirt and coconut bikini.
    • Not only were the children performing, many ladies donned grass skirts and showed the youngsters what they could do; they had been doing it for years and were still doing it!
    • The women glide across the stage, their arms emphasise the soft waves, their hips in grass skirts allude to the swaying palms.
    • The leading Maori bellowed, leaped up and down, and stomped in his grass skirt and waved a stone club artfully to and fro.
    • A fetish priest wears a grass skirt and make up like the Aborigines do too.
    • Hula dancers in grass skirts and shell leis, moving to the beat of drums and the cadence of a chant, gracefully acted out the story of a long-ago canoe voyage from Polynesia to Hawaii.
    • The locals still live in long houses in villages and fish from outrigger canoes, and many still wear local attire, including grass skirts and penis sheaths.
    • His grass skirt was blowing dangerously close to his chain and he was using one hand to support the four-foot-tall wooden tribal mask he was wearing.
    • A few people still do wear grass skirts or bark loin cloths.
    • As well as the sand on the floor the pool table has doubled up as a cocktail bar and staff are dressed in a Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts.
    • The 20 singers, dressed in national costume which included grass skirts, were from Zambia.
    • So to round off the evening the children were dressed in tie dyed costumes, grass skirts and beating drums performed two lively African dance songs.
    • The group typically dons tropical regalia such as foam parrot hats, grass skirts and loudly flowered shirts and shorts.
    • Next day we put on grass skirts and learned hula dancing.
    • During possession, the priest, who appears to be in a trance, wears a grass skirt [doso] to which are pinned many protective charms [asuman].
    • Guitarists, drummers, and women in grass skirts are among them.
    • Although she wears a traditional top and grass skirt, she is blonde and obviously, not of Hawaiian decent.
    • Girls in grass skirts handed out fresh leis flown in from Hawaii.

Definition of grass skirt in US English:

grass skirt

nounˌɡræs ˈskərtˌɡras ˈskərt
  • A skirt made of long grass and leaves fastened to a waistband, associated especially with female dancers from some Pacific islands.

    (尤指太平洋一些岛国上舞女所穿的)草裙

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although she wears a traditional top and grass skirt, she is blonde and obviously, not of Hawaiian decent.
    • So to round off the evening the children were dressed in tie dyed costumes, grass skirts and beating drums performed two lively African dance songs.
    • Not only were the children performing, many ladies donned grass skirts and showed the youngsters what they could do; they had been doing it for years and were still doing it!
    • The 20 singers, dressed in national costume which included grass skirts, were from Zambia.
    • A fetish priest wears a grass skirt and make up like the Aborigines do too.
    • During possession, the priest, who appears to be in a trance, wears a grass skirt [doso] to which are pinned many protective charms [asuman].
    • Guitarists, drummers, and women in grass skirts are among them.
    • It's like a new version of the grass skirt and coconut bikini.
    • Girls in grass skirts handed out fresh leis flown in from Hawaii.
    • The group typically dons tropical regalia such as foam parrot hats, grass skirts and loudly flowered shirts and shorts.
    • Hawaii offers so much more than grass skirts and palm trees.
    • Hula dancers in grass skirts and shell leis, moving to the beat of drums and the cadence of a chant, gracefully acted out the story of a long-ago canoe voyage from Polynesia to Hawaii.
    • His grass skirt was blowing dangerously close to his chain and he was using one hand to support the four-foot-tall wooden tribal mask he was wearing.
    • The leading Maori bellowed, leaped up and down, and stomped in his grass skirt and waved a stone club artfully to and fro.
    • The locals still live in long houses in villages and fish from outrigger canoes, and many still wear local attire, including grass skirts and penis sheaths.
    • Next day we put on grass skirts and learned hula dancing.
    • The women glide across the stage, their arms emphasise the soft waves, their hips in grass skirts allude to the swaying palms.
    • As well as the sand on the floor the pool table has doubled up as a cocktail bar and staff are dressed in a Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts.
    • The islands are known for music (primarily fast, complex drumming) and dance, in particular the fast, hip-swinging tamure, which is performed in traditional costumes consisting of grass skirts and headbands.
    • A few people still do wear grass skirts or bark loin cloths.
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