an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in ancient and especially in Islamic decoration 阿拉伯式花饰 [as modifier]arabesque scrolls. 阿拉伯式花饰卷轴画。
(Music)a passage or composition with fanciful ornamentation of the melody (乐)阿拉伯风格曲
(Ballet)a posture in which one leg is lifted from the floor and extended backwards at right angles (芭蕾)阿拉贝斯克舞姿 ■a position of the arms in which both are extended palms downwards, one to the front and the other behind or to the side 阿拉贝斯克双臂动作
语源
mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian arabesco 'in the Arabic style', from arabo 'Arab'