Beguine

[bi'gi:n]

解释:

(noun.) a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba.

(noun.) music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance.

(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life.

手打:纳塔利--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

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