soft shoe

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不可算名詞 慣用表現

(performing arts) A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.

日本語の意味

ヴォードヴィルで人気の、柔らかい底の靴を履いて行うタップダンスの一種

英語の意味

(performing arts) A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.

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The troupe's new number featured a graceful soft shoe routine that delighted the audience.

劇団の新しい出し物は、観客を喜ばせた優雅な柔らかい底のタップダンスだった。

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意味（1）

(performing arts) A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.

Between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Newley there's a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck, the wing, and the buck and wing, and on to the old soft shoe and more.

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意味（2）

(idiomatic) A speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone.

Is the salesman's soft-shoe appropriate in a time of national mourning?

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