morris-dancen. a rustic or grotesquedance in which the performers black-ened their faces andwore fanciful cos-tumes with bells.(The dance was fre-quently performed atWhitsuntide. a reli-gious festival held in early summer.)(常在圣灵降临节举行的)乡间土风舞或滑稽舞(源出西班牙的摩尔人)。 △H.V.2.4.23:“And let us do it with no show of fear. / No. with no more than if weheard that England / Were busied with a Whitsunmorris-dance;”但是我们进行此事,不可露出丝毫恐惧之状.万万不可,而是好像我们只是听说英国人正在忙于举行圣灵降临节的一场滑稽舞。 
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