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词汇 trapeze
释义 trapeze
noun[ C ]
uk /trəˈpiːz/ us /trəˈpiːz/
a short bar hanging high up in the air from two ropes that acrobats use to perform special movements: (杂技演员使用的)吊架,高空秋千
A glamorous couple performed on the flying trapeze.两位光彩夺目的艺人在飞荡着的高空秋千上表演。
trapeze artists高空秋千表演者
 
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trapeze | American Dictionary


trapeze
noun[ C ]
us/træˈpiz/
a short horizontal bar hanging from two ropes, on which acrobats perform:
I held my breath as I watched the performers on the trapeze.

Examples of trapeze


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On the other side of the stairway defining this wall we see a ballgame player with the trapeze and ray symbol; this building is aligned with the ballcourt.
This image, bearing several symbols of water and fertility, is located above a trapeze-shaped motif, and at the top it has a border composed of a serrated and feathered strip.
The solo cloud-swing and solo trapeze artist swung above as if it is accepted without question that aerialists are cultural emblems of love, especially in scenarios about romance.
What about the trapeze performer who carries out his performance as high up in the air as the roof of this chamber?
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There is nothing to prevent circuses being limited to trapeze artists, jugglers, clowns and variety artists, without the necessity for performing animals.
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There is a great danger if the trapeze artist thinks about the safety net all the time, because he then starts to get dizzy.
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I do not want to see this unbounded enthusiasm, with people performing on a trapeze and so on.
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But this is the kind of thing which, it might be said, is like the man on the flying trapeze.
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Acrobatics or trapeze acts are likely to be caught by that definition.
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High-flying financial engineering may be the trapeze artistry of the commercial world, but the small entrepreneur forms the safety net of society.
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The most daring trapeze artistes operate with a safety net under them.
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Finally, when he does a somersault without either a trapeze or a safety net we are entitled to feel apprehensive.
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They use their trailers in order to carry their trapezes and circus equipment going from fair ground to fair ground.
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When he becomes extraordinarily skilful at these physical exercises he may become a trapeze performer, and then it would be much more dangerous for him.
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Music—incidental, live or whatever—is one of the issues, but there are also questions about whether the activities fall into the category of sports events—for example, those of trapeze artists.
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