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单词 flying trapeze
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flying trapeze
a. Floating loosely, fluttering, waving. Hence in wider sense, Attached so as to have freedom of movement, hanging loose. flying jib, ‘a light sail set before the jib, on the flying jib-boom’; also flying-boom, flying-iron; flying deck, ‘a deck supported at the side by railings, stanchions, or the like’ (Webster 1934); flying-kites, see kite n. 5; flying martingale, a supporting rope for the flying jib-boom. flying ring, each of a number of rings suspended in pairs or rows by swinging ropes used in acrobatics and gymnastics; flying trapeze, = trapeze n. 1.with flying colours: see colour n.1 Phrases 9.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > waving in the wind
windyc1450
streaming1567
flying1607
wavinga1616
flaunting1624
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > streaming
streaming1567
plemmirrulate1592
flowing1606
flying1607
loose1781
streamy1813
fly-away1843
flowy1925
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > performance on trapeze > trapeze
flying trapeze1864
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 54 This flying Trench is to be made in all proportion like a plain full english Snafle.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 59 To spread the flying Canvass for the Fleet. View more context for this quotation
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 239 They carry..a flying topsail.
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. iv. 50 Their flying jib-booms were..pointed over the taffrails of their precessors.
1849 R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries Levant 4 A red cap, a jacket with flying sleeves.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 201 To give lightness to ‘flying drapery’.
1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life xiii. 130 If the bounding youth be swinging to and fro on the flying trapeze.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 13 The flying jib-boom is supported downwards by a flying martingale.
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 24 The given diameter of a flying-boom is at the boom-iron.
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 23 The extreme end [of the jib-boom] is eight-square and an iron hoop driven on to receive the flying iron.
1896 Daily News 17 Dec. 6/1 The boats are relegated to a flying deck overhead.
1901 Daily News 20 Feb. 6/7 Flying-ring performers, a troupe consisting of two men and a girl.
1919 C. Mackenzie Sylvia & Michael iii. 77 A fellow with a moustache like a flying trapeze.
1934 W. Saroyan (title) The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze & Other Stories.
1953 Britannica Bk. Year 639/2 Flying boom, a system used to refuel aircraft in flight.
1965 E. Bruton Wicked Saint iii. 35 Heidi's mother continued in a ground job with the circus..but for ever hankered after the flying trapeze.
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