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单词 sundance
释义

sundance

See also: sun dance and Sundance

English

Alternative forms

  • sun dance

Etymology

sun + dance

Noun

sundance (plural sundances)

  1. Any of various Native American religious rituals with song, dance, praying, etc.
    • 1992, Mari Sandoz, Helen Winter Stauffer, Letters of Mari Sandoz (page 340)
      Of course before this there will be lesser fights with Indian foes and whites, and much village life, moving, sundances and other ceremonials to record and a great hunt on the Yellowstone []
    • 2001, Susan Lobo, Kurt Peters, American Indians and the Urban Experience (page 256)
      Mary and her husband, Jack Hyatt (Cherokee/African-American), have participated in sundances for a number of years.
  2. Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
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