fox-trot 的詞源

同樣 foxtrot，1872年，“慢跑或小步跑，步幅短促而輕快”，由 fox（n.）和 trot (n.) 構成，如狐狸的步伐，尤其是馬匹行進方式。作爲流行到拉格泰姆音樂伴奏的一種舞蹈，起源於1914年末，是1915年的流行狂熱。早期關於這種舞蹈的文字通常似乎沒有意識到同名馬步運動方式，而是將其與幾年前流行的 turkey trot 一步舞聯繫在了一起。

As a variation of the one-step, as a legitimate successor to all the objectionable trots, the fox trot has attained a form which is in a fair way to become permanent. ... It has the charm of being an absolute fit for many of the most alluring transient tunes; and it can be danced, without self-consciousness, by hundreds of people who never pretended to be graceful or dancefully talented. [Maurice Mouvet, "Maurice's Art of Dancing," 1915]

作爲一步舞的變異，作爲所有不受歡迎的小跑的合法繼承者，狐步在一定程度上已經成爲一種永久的形式......這種舞蹈的優點在於它完全適合許多最迷人的短暫旋律; 它可以被數百個從未自詡優美或舞蹈有天賦之人毫無自我意識地跳舞。[Maurice Mouvet，“Maurice's Art of Dancing，”1915年]