| 释义 |
ˈslack-rope
[slack a. 7.]
1. A rope, loosely stretched, on which an acrobat performs. (Contrasted with tight-rope.)
1749Chesterfield Lett. (1774) I. 388 There are fewer people who walk well upon that line, than upon the slack rope. 1808Pike Sources Mississ. (1810) iii. 263 In the evening we went to see some performers on the slack rope. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair vi, The signal which announced that Madame Saqui was about to mount skyward on a slack-rope ascending to the stars. 1892Kipling & Balestier Naulahka 199, I have danced on the slack-rope before the mess⁓tents of the officers.
2. Naut. (See quot.)
1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 456 These anchors being likewise connected with the ice, by means of a slack⁓rope. |