sashay

• 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

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。

1. a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

2. (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading

3. a journey taken for pleasure;

"many summer excursions to the shore"

"it was merely a pleasure trip"

"after cautious sashays into the field"

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.