quadrille
noun /kwəˈdrɪl/
/kwəˈdrɪl/
- a dance for four or more couples in a square, popular in the past
方阵舞,卡德利尔舞(过去流行,由四对或以上的男女构成方阵) 词源mid 18th cent.: from French from Spanish cuadrilla or Italian quadriglia ‘troop, company’, from cuadra, quadra ‘square’, based on Latin quadrare ‘make square’.