单词 | aerobate |
释义 | aerobatev. rare. intransitive. To walk (as if) on the air.Only in translations of Aristophanes. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > walk on air aerobate1835 1835 tr. Aristophanes Clouds in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 38 520 Str. Pray who's that in the basket hung up in the air?.. Do tell me, I pray, what you're doing up there. Soc. Aerobating—sun-musing, pacing air [Gk. ἀεροβατῶ καὶ περιϕρονῶ τὸν ἥλιον]. 1922 T. Stenhouse Lives Enshrined in Lang. xl. 191 ‘I aerobate and circumspect the sun’, as one translator, or rather transliterator, gives Socrates answer, when he is represented suspended in a basket on the stage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1835 |
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