1882, from Spanish flamenco, first used of Gypsy dancing in Andalusia. The word in Spanish meant "a Fleming, native of Flanders" (Dutch Vlaming) and also "flamingo." Speculation are varied and colorful about the connection between the bird, the people, and the gypsy dance of Andalusia.
Spain ruled Flanders for many years in 16c., and King Carlos I brought with him to Madrid an entire Flemish court. One etymology suggests the dance was so called from the bright costumes and energetic movements, which the Spanish associated with Flanders; another is that Spaniards, especially Andalusians, like to name things by their opposites, and because the Flemish were tall and blond and the gypsies short and dark, the gypsies were called "Flemish;" others hold that flamenco was the general Spanish word for all foreigners, gypsies included; or that Flemish noblemen, bored with court life, took to slumming among the gypsies. Compare Gypsy.
双语例句
1. to dance the flamenco
跳弗拉门科舞
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2. She's a very good flamenco dancer.
她是一名非常优秀的弗拉明科舞舞者.
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3. I learned in dance school different types of modern dances, jazz, flamenco.
我在舞蹈学校学习过不同种类的现代舞蹈 、 爵士和flamenco舞.
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4. Jackie has been learning flamenco dancing at an evening class for three years.
杰基已经在夜校学习了3年的弗拉门戈舞。
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5. He builds handmade classical and flamenco guitars using traditional methods of construction.
