Mambo is a lively Cuban dance, and also the music you dance it to — horns, piano, a strong beat you can count.

Mambo Mambo is a lively Cuban dance是一種活潑的古巴舞蹈 and also the music you dance it to也指用來跳這種舞的音樂 horns, piano, a strong beat you can count有銅管、鋼琴，還有數得出拍子的強烈節奏

It grew famous in the mid-twentieth century and then travelled; older people may remember it as a ballroom or club dance, while younger people more often meet the word in old songs, in film, or as a flavour inside later Latin dance.

It grew famous in the mid-twentieth century它在二十世紀中期紅起來 and then travelled之後傳到各地 older people may remember it as a ballroom or club dance年紀大一點的人可能記得它是一種交際舞或夜店舞 while younger people more often meet the word in old songs, in film, or as a flavour inside later Latin dance年輕人則比較常是在老歌、電影，或後來拉丁舞蹈帶有的味道裡認識這個字

You can use it as a noun (“They played a mambo”) and, a little more loosely, as a verb (“They mamboed across the floor”). It is not slang, but it is not a school-science word either: it belongs to music and dance talk.

You can use it as a noun你可以把它當名詞用 "They played a mambo"「他們播放了一首 mambo」 and, a little more loosely, as a verb也可以比較鬆散地當動詞用 "They mamboed across the floor"「他們跳著 mambo 舞步穿過舞池」 It is not slang它不是俚語 but it is not a school-science word either但也不是課本裡那種學術用字 it belongs to music and dance talk它是音樂和舞蹈圈子裡的用語

Though actually the English dance sense is the one learners will meet; the older Haitian meaning (a priestess) is how the word began, not what most English speakers mean now.

Though actually不過其實 the English dance sense is the one learners will meet學習者會遇到的是英文裡舞蹈這個意思 the older Haitian meaning比較古老的海地文意思 a priestess是「女祭司」 is how the word began才是這個字的起源 not what most English speakers mean now但不是現在大多數英語使用者所指的意思