sashay
英 [sæ'ʃeɪ]
美 [sæ'ʃe]
- vi. 滑步而走；到处走动
- vt. 使走动；使行进
- n. 远足；一种方块舞；快滑舞步
sashay 滑步，快滑舞步，神气的走改写自法语 chasse,滑步，快滑舞步，来自 chasser,追逐，追踪，词源同 chase.引申词义神气 的走。
- sashay (v.)
- 1836, mangled Englishing of French chassé "gliding step" (in square dancing), literally "chased," past participle of chasser "to chase," from Old French chacier "to hunt," from Vulgar Latin *captiare (see capable, and compare chase, catch). Related: Sashayed; sashaying. The noun is attested from 1900.
