In various special uses. A line stretched between two points at some height above the ground, on which an acrobat performs various feats; a…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > rope-walking or dancing > rope or wire (8) ropeeOE In various special uses. A line stretched between two points at some height above the ground, on which an acrobat performs various feats; a… low rope?c1635 (in acrobatics) = slack-rope, n. 1; (also occasionally) a low tightrope (cf. high wire n. adj. at high, adj. n.2compounds 4). slack-rope1749 A rope, loosely stretched, on which an acrobat performs. (Contrasted with tightrope, n.) slack wire1753 a wire not drawn tight, on which an acrobat performs. tightrope1801 A tightly stretched rope, wire, or wire cable, on which rope-dancers and acrobats perform feats of equilibristic skill. Also figurative. (Contrasted… blondin1863 A tightrope, a cable-way. Also figurative, a tightrope walker. Also attributive. high wire1863 (a) n. a high tightrope; (figurative) an activity or situation requiring great skill or judgement; (b) designating an act or person using a high… slackline2002 Sport. A strip of flat nylon webbing fixed (but not stretched completely taut) between two anchor points above the ground, on which people can walk… |
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