1610s, "Moorish or Arabic ornamental design," from French arabesque (16c.), from Italian arabesco, from Arabo "Arab," with reference to Moorish architecture. As a ballet pose, first attested 1830. Musical sense, in reference to an ornamented theme, is from 1864, originally the title given by Robert Schumann to one of his piano pieces.
实用例句
1. The ballerina remained suspended in a faultless arabesque.
这位芭蕾**演员一直保持着完美的阿拉贝斯克舞姿不动。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Its predominant vein was, in Poe's own phrase, " the grotesque and arabesque. "
它的最主要的特点, 用坡自己的话说, 就是 “ 怪诞和奇异. ”
来自辞典例句
3. I like carpets with arabesque patterns.
我喜欢带有阿拉伯式花饰的地毯.
来自互联网
4. Its forged and hammered metal had been wrought into elegant , almost arabesque, curves.
