A foxtrot is a partner dance for a smart room: you hold someone and travel across the floor, mixing short quick steps with long slow ones. It is not a jump-up-and-down dance; it glides.

A foxtrot一種foxtrot（狐步舞） is a partner dance for a smart room是一種在正式場合跳的雙人舞 you hold someone你抱著舞伴 and travel across the floor在舞池裡移動 mixing short quick steps with long slow ones混合短而快的步伐和長而慢的步伐 It is not a jump-up-and-down dance它不是那種蹦蹦跳跳的舞 it glides而是滑著走的

People also call the music a foxtrot when it is written for that dance — a steady, walking kind of tune.

People also call the music a foxtrot人也會把音樂叫做foxtrot when it is written for that dance如果那首曲子是為這種舞寫的 a steady, walking kind of tune一種穩定、像走路節奏的曲調

It was a huge social dance about a hundred years ago. Older people may still light up at the name; many young people only meet it in films, wedding classes, or dance clubs.

It was a huge social dance它曾經是很流行的社交舞 about a hundred years ago大約一百年前 Older people年紀較大的人 may still light up at the name聽到這個名字可能還會眼睛一亮 many young people許多年輕人 only meet it in films, wedding classes, or dance clubs只有在電影、婚禮舞蹈課，或舞蹈社才會接觸到

Though actually, teachers do not all agree what counts as a “true” foxtrot: there is a slow, sliding style and a quicker one, and the line between them is messier than a textbook makes it look. In ordinary talk the word feels a little old-fashioned and formal, not street slang.

Though actually不過其實 teachers do not all agree老師們也不完全一致同意 what counts as a "true" foxtrot什麼才算是「真正的」foxtrot there is a slow, sliding style有一種慢而滑順的風格 and a quicker one也有比較快的一種 and the line between them is messier than a textbook makes it look而兩者之間的界線，比教科書講的還要模糊 In ordinary talk在日常說話裡 the word feels a little old-fashioned and formal這個詞聽起來有點過時又正式 not street slang不是街頭用語