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Samba is a fast, bouncy dance from Brazil, and also the music you dance it to — drums, a strong two-beat feel, bodies marking the rhythm. The picture most of the world has is Carnival in Rio: huge crowds, bright clothes, samba schools parading.
Samba森巴舞 is是 a fast, bouncy dance from Brazil一種來自巴西、輕快又有彈性的舞, and也是 also the music you dance it to伴著跳舞的那種音樂 — drums, a strong two-beat feel, bodies marking the rhythm鼓聲、強烈的兩拍節奏、身體打著節拍. The picture most of the world has大多數人心裡的畫面 is Carnival in Rio是里約的嘉年華: huge crowds, bright clothes, samba schools parading滿滿的人群、鮮豔的服裝、森巴舞學校的遊行隊伍
You can also samba as a verb: to samba is to dance it. Though actually, “samba” is not one tidy step. In Brazil there are many kinds, some for the street, some for partners in a club; the ballroom samba you meet in dance-sport class is a polished international version, cooler and more counted than the street.
You can also samba as a verbsamba也可以當動詞用: to samba is to dance itto samba意思是跳這種舞. Though actually不過其實, "samba" is not one tidy step「森巴」不是一種固定的舞步. In Brazil在巴西 there are many kinds有很多種類: some for the street, some for partners in a club有的是街頭跳的，有的是雙人在舞廳跳的; the ballroom samba you meet in dance-sport class在體育舞蹈課上遇到的那種國標森巴 is是 a polished international version經過打磨的國際化版本, cooler and more counted than the street比街頭的更冷靜、拍子數得更清楚
The word came into English from Brazilian Portuguese, and before that from a Bantu language in Africa — Brazil’s samba grew in Afro-Brazilian life, not in a European ballroom. It is a cheerful, physical word; people stretch it a little for any Brazilian party rhythm, which native speakers from Brazil may find too loose.
The word came into English from Brazilian Portuguese這個字是從巴西葡萄牙語進入英語的, and before that從更早以前 from a Bantu language in Africa則是來自非洲的班圖語族語言 — Brazil's samba grew in Afro-Brazilian life巴西的森巴舞是在非裔巴西人的生活裡長出來的, not in a European ballroom不是在歐洲的舞廳裡. It is a cheerful, physical word這是個歡樂、很有肢體感的字; people stretch it a little for any Brazilian party rhythm人們也會鬆散地拿它泛指任何巴西派對節奏, which native speakers from Brazil may find too loose這種用法巴西當地人可能會覺得太籠統
組成Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, itself from a Bantu language. It does not split into English pieces.
同家族的字
- sembaan Angolan dance-music word from the same Bantu source; English borrowed the two by different paths, so they are doublets
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Sambaname
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A town and district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
sambanoun/ˈsɑmbə/
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dancedancinghobbiesA Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
- And when the samba played, the sun would set so high / Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby
- They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”
sambaverb/ˈsɑmbə/
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To dance the samba.
- In front of an audience, he tends to have a freer conversation with himself. The right conditions turn him into an extrovert. He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。