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Charleston

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Charles·ton /ˈtʃɑːlstən $ ˈtʃɑːrl-/ noun  the Charleston APDa quick dance popular in the 1920s 查尔斯顿舞〔20世纪20年代流行的一种快节奏舞蹈〕
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CharlestonCharleston is owned by the Charleston Trust.The unjustified murder of a Charleston black precipitated a mass meeting of blacks.Vesey, who had bought his freedom after winning a Charleston lottery, inspired one such revolt.She received all the reaction she could want at Charleston.Painted scenes of historic Charleston on to handbags and lampshades.Felix had the Charleston, foxtrots quick and foxtrots slow.In dance halls people were dancing the shimmy, the fox-trot, the Charleston.
Charles·ton nounChineseSyllable
quick dance the in popular 1920s a Corpus


Charleston
Charleston /ˈtʃɑːlstən $ ˈtʃɑːrl-/ noun
the Charleston a quick dance popular in the 1920s


CharlestonBrE /ˈtʃɑːlstən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃɑːrlstən/ 🔊a city on the coast of the US state of South Carolina 查尔斯顿(美国南卡罗来纳州沿海城市)


charles·tonBrE /ˈtʃɑːlstən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃɑːrlstən/ 🔊 noun (usually the charleston) [singular] a fast dance that was popular in the 1920s 查尔斯顿舞(流行于 20 世纪 20 年代的快步舞)