hula
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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
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hula• I 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) Hawaiianhu·la nounChineseSyllable
a women Polynesian dance by using done Corpus
hula
hu‧la /ˈhuːlə/
noun [singular]
hu‧la /ˈhuːlə/
noun [singular] Date: 1800-1900
Language: Hawaiian
a Polynesian dance done by women using gentle movements of the hips
Language: Hawaiian