| 单词 | ground and lofty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasground and lofty ground and lofty n. applied to acrobatic feats or performers on the ground and on a rope, etc.; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [adjective] ground and lofty1796 balancing1801 acrobatic1838 1796 Gazette of U.S. (Philadelphia) 19 Nov. (advt.) Ground and Lofty Tumbling [at the Pantheon, Philadelphia]. 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 386/1 He is an adept in the art of walking on his head, turning somersets, and ground and lofty tumbling generally. 1843 T. Weed Let. 19 July (1866) 108 A strolling company of ‘Ground and Lofty’ Tumblers. 1898 J. Hollingshead Gaiety Chron. viii. 330 The ‘talented Cocksure family’ in their celebrated ground and lofty performance. 1907 M. C. Harris Tents of Wickedness iii. iv. 260 He has resigned his parish, left the ministry and bought a seat on the Stock Exchange. Isn't that ground and lofty tumbling? < as lemmas |
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