2016年10月19日 星期三

impetuous, choreography, Moonwalk, moonstruck

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How to Moonwalk like Michael

By Claire Suddath
On March 25, 1983, Michael Jackson took one small step onto a television stage that turned out to be a giant leap for dance choreography. But how exactly do you moonwalk? TIME finds out




afflicted with moonstruck madness



impetuous
ɪmˈpɛtjʊəs/
adjective
  1. acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
    "she might live to rue this impetuous decision"
moving forcefully or rapidly.
"an impetuous but controlled flow of water"

moonstruck[móon・strùck] Crazy or insane when affected by the phases of the Moon.
[形]((略式))(月光が狂気をもたらすという信仰から)気がふれた;感傷で心が乱れた;ぼうっとした.cho·re·og·ra·phy (kôr'ē-ŏg'rə-fē, kōr'-) pronunciation
n., pl., -phies.
    1. The art of creating and arranging dances or ballets.
    2. A work created by this art.
  1. Something, such as a series of planned situations, likened to dance arrangements.
[French chorégraphie : Greek khoreia, choral dance; see chorea + -graphie, writing (from Latin -graphia, -graphy).]
choreographic cho're·o·graph'ic (-ə-grăf'ĭk) adj.
choreographically cho're·o·graph'i·cal·ly adv.

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