cakewalk
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(historical)A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.
- 2.
(music) The style of music associated with such a contest.
- 3.
(performing arts) The dance, or strutting style of dance, associated with such a contest.
- 4.
(idiomatic, informal)Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge.
Đồng nghĩa: bagatelle, waltz, breeze, cake and gingerbread, cakewalk, child's play, cinch, doddle, doss, duck soup, easy pickings, gimme, layup, low-hanging fruit, no-brainer, open and shut case, picnic, piece of cake, piece of piss, plain sailing, plane sailing, slam dunk, snap, walk in the park, walkover
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verb- 1.
(intransitive)To perform the cakewalk dance.
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From cake + walk. Originally an African-American form of dance and music that developed after the Civil War, later popularised by minstrel shows. It was danced at social events, with the best dancers often receiving cake as a prize. It derives from dance competitions by plantation slaves in which the style of dance lampooned the ballroom dances of the slaveowners.