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词汇 dance-hall
释义 dance hall
noun
uk /ˈdɑːns ˌhɔːl/ us /ˈdæns ˌhɑːl/

dance hallnoun (PLACE)


[ C ]
especially in the past, a special building or large room for dancing in: (尤指旧时的)舞厅,舞场
The band played in bars and dance halls.
She met her husband at a local dance hall.
Compare
ballroom
The city currently requires dance halls, restaurants, and private clubs to close from 2 a. m. to 8 a. m.
Karaoke is now popular in bars, nightclubs, cruise ship lounges and dance halls around the world.
The town was full of sailors looking for a good time in the dance halls and officers' clubs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of buildings: rooms
antechamber
anteroom
atelier
attic
ballroom
drawing room
dressing room
efficiency room
en suite
eyrie
master bedroom
meat locker
multi-chambered
multi-room
observation lounge
utility room
vestibule
waiting room
wet room
workroom

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Public entertainment venues

dance hallnoun (MUSIC)


[ U ](alsodancehall)
a style of Jamaican popular music with a strong rhythm and words sung or spoken in Jamaican patois(= a non-standard form of language):
As soon as you hear dancehall, you want to get up and move.
Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" was a dancehall hit that found crossover success.
In the 1980s Jamaican music underwent a revolution and dance hall took hold.
They play a form of urban Latin music with some characteristics of Jamaican dance hall and hip-hop.
The DJ plays dancehall, dubstep and grime.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Types of music
Afrobeat
Afrobeats
ambient music
anthemic
atonal
drum and bass
dubstep
early music
easy listening
EDM
Latinize
Latinized
mariachi
melodically
monophonic
symphonic
symphonically
techno
Tejano
Tex-Mex
Examples from literature

After midnight these casino dance halls change their character. 
I met this fellow in a dance hall. 
Municipal dance halls are a splendid proposal. 
Some dance halls are small and wretchedly lighted. 
The committee has done more than try to reform existing dance halls. 

Examples of dance hall


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One participant expressed the marked contrast in the ways that she felt before a dance and when she entered the dancehall.
The dancers' visibility to each other counters their invisibility outside the dancehall.
For instance, if the cell is a dancehall and sense and antisense are boys and girls respectively, rapid duplex formation means that everyone dances if possible.
It would be far better if social activities were centred round a church rather than a dancehall, especially one which can sell alcohol.
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At the rear there will be a dancehall, with a stage at one end.
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It becomes a dancehall under a different set of regulations.
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Therefore, there is really left only this problem of the dancehall and the park and the provision of intoxicants in those places.
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I object to this facility for drinking being given to the dancehall.
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Could all those present in a dancehall be considered to be a gang in that sense?
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Had there been controls on stewarding, paramedics and supervision inside the dancehall at an earlier stage, the closure might have been prevented.
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In a pub or dancehall it is a very different situation.
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She might have added those who run venues, such as pub landlords and dancehall owners, who are also extremely important.
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What alternative has youth but to resort to the coffee bar, the dancehall and the street corner?
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A local dancehall will not cause large numbers of people to move across country or across the town.
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Many of us think that we require a decent dancehall for the young people and teenagers.
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