Definition of strathspey in English:

strathspey

noun straθˈspeɪstræθˈspeɪ

1A slow Scottish dance.
斯特拉斯贝舞（苏格兰的一种跳得很慢的舞蹈）
Example sentencesExamples
- Examples are too numerous to mention, but from reels to strathspeys, fast or slow, he always convinces.
- As a young officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he became adept at reels, strathspeys and sword dances.
- So we can jig and reel, and strathspey, we are capable of pas de pax setting, possettes and allemande, and we even know the names of some of the people that go there.
- Six men opened the suite with the McKenzie of Seaforth strathspey, requiring the alternate beating of the calves by feet shod in ghillies and the arms en haut.
- ‘We are not as structured as some of the strathspeys or the jigs and reels, but we're something that has come from the time we're living in,’ considers Ellis.
1. 1.1 A piece of music for a strathspey, typically in four-four time.
  斯特拉斯贝舞曲
  Example sentencesExamples
  Because the strathspey rhythm has four strong beats to the bar, is played quickly, and contains many dot-cut 'snaps,' it is a rhythmically tense idiom.
  When I was there the fiddler was a septuagenarian named John MacDougal, who sat straight up in a plain chair and rasped out jigs, reels, strathspeys and airs with solemnity worthy of a judge.
  Reels and jigs, marches and waltzes, strathspeys, airs and hornpipes flow once the guests are lubricated with a drop of the hard stuff.
  So the sound of Gaelic songs and marches, strathspeys and reels were a daily occurrence throughout my childhood.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Strathspey, the name of the valley of the River Spey.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of strathspey in US English:

strathspey

nounstraTHˈspāstræθˈspeɪ

1A slow Scottish dance.
斯特拉斯贝舞（苏格兰的一种跳得很慢的舞蹈）
Example sentencesExamples
- Six men opened the suite with the McKenzie of Seaforth strathspey, requiring the alternate beating of the calves by feet shod in ghillies and the arms en haut.
- ‘We are not as structured as some of the strathspeys or the jigs and reels, but we're something that has come from the time we're living in,’ considers Ellis.
- As a young officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he became adept at reels, strathspeys and sword dances.
- Examples are too numerous to mention, but from reels to strathspeys, fast or slow, he always convinces.
- So we can jig and reel, and strathspey, we are capable of pas de pax setting, possettes and allemande, and we even know the names of some of the people that go there.
1. 1.1 A piece of music for a strathspey dance, typically in four-four time.
  斯特拉斯贝舞曲
  Example sentencesExamples
  When I was there the fiddler was a septuagenarian named John MacDougal, who sat straight up in a plain chair and rasped out jigs, reels, strathspeys and airs with solemnity worthy of a judge.
  So the sound of Gaelic songs and marches, strathspeys and reels were a daily occurrence throughout my childhood.
  Because the strathspey rhythm has four strong beats to the bar, is played quickly, and contains many dot-cut 'snaps,' it is a rhythmically tense idiom.
  Reels and jigs, marches and waltzes, strathspeys, airs and hornpipes flow once the guests are lubricated with a drop of the hard stuff.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Strathspey, the name of the valley of the Spey River.

词汇	strathspey
释义	Definition of strathspey in English: strathspey noun straθˈspeɪstræθˈspeɪ 1A slow Scottish dance. 斯特拉斯贝舞（苏格兰的一种跳得很慢的舞蹈） Example sentencesExamples Examples are too numerous to mention, but from reels to strathspeys, fast or slow, he always convinces. As a young officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he became adept at reels, strathspeys and sword dances. So we can jig and reel, and strathspey, we are capable of pas de pax setting, possettes and allemande, and we even know the names of some of the people that go there. Six men opened the suite with the McKenzie of Seaforth strathspey, requiring the alternate beating of the calves by feet shod in ghillies and the arms en haut. ‘We are not as structured as some of the strathspeys or the jigs and reels, but we're something that has come from the time we're living in,’ considers Ellis. 1.1 A piece of music for a strathspey, typically in four-four time. 斯特拉斯贝舞曲 Example sentencesExamples Because the strathspey rhythm has four strong beats to the bar, is played quickly, and contains many dot-cut 'snaps,' it is a rhythmically tense idiom. When I was there the fiddler was a septuagenarian named John MacDougal, who sat straight up in a plain chair and rasped out jigs, reels, strathspeys and airs with solemnity worthy of a judge. Reels and jigs, marches and waltzes, strathspeys, airs and hornpipes flow once the guests are lubricated with a drop of the hard stuff. So the sound of Gaelic songs and marches, strathspeys and reels were a daily occurrence throughout my childhood. Origin Mid 18th century: from Strathspey, the name of the valley of the River Spey. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of strathspey in US English: strathspey nounstraTHˈspāstræθˈspeɪ 1A slow Scottish dance. 斯特拉斯贝舞（苏格兰的一种跳得很慢的舞蹈） Example sentencesExamples Six men opened the suite with the McKenzie of Seaforth strathspey, requiring the alternate beating of the calves by feet shod in ghillies and the arms en haut. ‘We are not as structured as some of the strathspeys or the jigs and reels, but we're something that has come from the time we're living in,’ considers Ellis. As a young officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he became adept at reels, strathspeys and sword dances. Examples are too numerous to mention, but from reels to strathspeys, fast or slow, he always convinces. So we can jig and reel, and strathspey, we are capable of pas de pax setting, possettes and allemande, and we even know the names of some of the people that go there. 1.1 A piece of music for a strathspey dance, typically in four-four time. 斯特拉斯贝舞曲 Example sentencesExamples When I was there the fiddler was a septuagenarian named John MacDougal, who sat straight up in a plain chair and rasped out jigs, reels, strathspeys and airs with solemnity worthy of a judge. So the sound of Gaelic songs and marches, strathspeys and reels were a daily occurrence throughout my childhood. Because the strathspey rhythm has four strong beats to the bar, is played quickly, and contains many dot-cut 'snaps,' it is a rhythmically tense idiom. Reels and jigs, marches and waltzes, strathspeys, airs and hornpipes flow once the guests are lubricated with a drop of the hard stuff. Origin Mid 18th century: from Strathspey, the name of the valley of the Spey River.
随便看	unfolding unfoldings unfoldment unfoldment unfolds unfollow unfollowed unforced unforced error unforcedly unforcedly unfordable unforeseeability unforeseeable unforeseeably unforeseen unforeseen circumstances unforested unforetold unforgettable unforgettableness unforgettably unforgettably unforgivable unforgivably