| 词汇 | acrobat |
| 释义 | acrobat noun[ C ] uk /ˈæk.rə.bæt/ us /ˈæk.rə.bæt/ a person who entertains people by doing difficult and skilful physical things, such as walking along a high wire杂技演员 Adrian Peacock/Stockbyte/GettyImages Entertainers in general aerialist artiste balancing act bullfighter comedian contortionist double threat emcee hostess juggler majorette performer picador stripper tightrope walker torero triple threat troubadour ventriloquist warm (someone/something) up acrobat | American Dictionaryacrobat noun[ C ] us/ˈæk·rəˌbæt/ a person who entertains people by carrying out difficult and skillful physical actions, such as walking on a wire high above the ground: a circus acrobat Examples of acrobatacrobat He said he felt like an actor or an acrobat on a stage. A good farmer (pianist, husband, acrobat, plumber, etc.) does not ex officio eliminate all the evils he can. His favorite metaphor is that of a circus acrobat walking a tightrope, tipping this way and that, achieving temporary equilibrium. These include acrobat, internet, cigarette, reset, teapot, and tonight. And yet the audience reaction is in some ways more fearsome for the singer than for the stumbling acrobat. The performers, as street clowns and acrobats, climbed the fountains and street lamps; curious passers-by joined the procession; the audience multiplied; walking turned into running and finally into a stampede. Every word in which 'th' is prohibited has final syllable stress (tonight, cigarette) or secondary stress on the final syllable (acrobat, internet), and so ends in a full, non-weak vowel. They were very husky men, agile acrobats, and their acrobatics were quite entertaining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have had to be a bit of an acrobat at times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But even if the horses were running in contrary directions, the little acrobat has done it again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not only a plutocrat; he is an acrobat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, the clowns and the acrobats have been picked up at times and have been turned into spell binders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a wonderful team of political acrobats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that in the case of families of acrobats, and so on, the children are brought up in the profession quite young. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The municipalities operate too, but always have the acrobat's net of the ratepayers' cheque book below them to make up the deficiency if necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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