单词 | low rope |
释义 | > as lemmaslow rope low rope n. now chiefly historical (in acrobatics) = slack-rope n. 1; (also occasionally) a low tightrope (cf. high wire n. and adj. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > rope-walking or dancing > rope or wire ropeeOE low rope?c1635 slack-rope1749 slack wire1753 tightrope1801 blondin1863 high wire1863 slackline2002 ?c1635 This Present Day shall bee showne Rare Dancing on Ropes (single sheet) One mayd of fifteene yeares of age, and another girle of foure years of age, doe dance on the low rope. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. d1v This is like merry Andrew on the low Rope. 1888 Lipincott's Monthly Mag. Nov. 680 The ‘low rope’, on which the more youthful performers disport themselves, and which is stretched only some seven or eight feet from the ground. 1990 S. Shesgreen Cries & Hawkers of London 206/1 She was eclipsed by the great Italian Master who not only outdid all who had ever been seen on the low rope but also [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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