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hula

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Dance
hu·la /ˈhuːlə/ noun [singular]  APDa Polynesian dance done by women using gentle movements of the hips 〔波利尼西亚女子跳的〕呼啦舞,草裙舞
Examples from the Corpus
hulaI never found any hula girls.A 72-90 record like the Astros posted a year ago leaves nobody feeling much like dancing the hula.Cybil was twisting Paw-paw so that the lower half of the body was doing the hula.Wavesliding, he'enalu, was to water what the hula, the dance of love, was to land.
Origin hula (1800-1900) Hawaiian
hu·la nounChineseSyllable
a women Polynesian dance by using done Corpus


hula
hula /ˈhuːlə/ noun [singular]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Hawaiian
a Polynesian dance done by women using gentle movements of the hips