a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century 加沃特舞(中速的法国舞蹈,流行于18世纪) ■a piece of music accompanying or in the rhythm of such a dance, composed in common time beginning on the third beat of the bar 加沃特舞曲(为四分之四拍,在第三节开始)
语源
French, from Provençal gavoto 'dance of the mountain people', from Gavot 'a native of the Alps'