| 单词 | acrobat |
| 释义 | acrobat noun[C] uk/ˈæk.rə.bæt/us/ˈæk.rə.bæt/apersonwhoentertainspeopleby doingdifficultandskilfulphysicalthings, such aswalkingalong a highwire 杂技演员 Adrian Peacock/Stockbyte/GettyImages Entertainers in general
acrobat| American Dictionaryacrobat noun[C] us/ˈæk·rəˌbæt/apersonwhoentertainspeoplebycarryingoutdifficultandskillfulphysicalactions, such aswalkingon awirehigh above theground: acircusacrobat Examplesofacrobatacrobat He said he felt like an actor or anacrobaton a stage. From theCambridge English Corpus A good farmer (pianist, husband,acrobat, plumber, etc.) does not ex officio eliminate all the evils he can. From theCambridge English Corpus His favorite metaphor is that of a circusacrobatwalking a tightrope, tipping this way and that, achieving temporary equilibrium. From theCambridge English Corpus These includeacrobat, internet, cigarette, reset, teapot, and tonight. From theCambridge English Corpus And yet the audience reaction is in some ways more fearsome for the singer than for the stumblingacrobat. From theCambridge English Corpus 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. From theCambridge English Corpus 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. From theCambridge English Corpus 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have had to be a bit of anacrobatat times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But even if the horses were running in contrary directions, the littleacrobathas done it again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not only a plutocrat; he is anacrobat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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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