英语词汇“rope、dancer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

rope-dancer

释义

ˈrope-ˌdancer
[rope n.¹ 2 b. Cf. Du. reepdanser.]
One who ‘dances’ or balances on a rope suspended at some height above the ground; a funambulist. Also fig.
1648Wilkins Dædalus ii. vii, It [petaminaria] is probably derived from the Greek word πετασθαι, which signifies to Fly, and may refer to such kind of Rope-Dancers.1670Eachard Cont. Clergy 33 Those usually that have been rope-dancers in the schools, oft-times prove Jack puddings in the pulpit.1707Sir W. Hope New Method Fencing iii. 35 The surprising..Feats of Activity, performed by..Rope-Dancers, and Tumblers.1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 143 Posture-master, rope-dancer, and equilibrist.1822Hazlitt Table-t. I. i. 18 To balance himself for any time in the same position the rope-dancer must strain every nerve.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. i. I. 102 All who live by amusing the leisure of others, from the painter and the comic poet, down to the rope-dancer.

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