| 单词 | human cannonball |
| 释义 | > as lemmashuman cannonball human cannonball n. a performer in a circus or similar entertainment who is catapulted through the air from a device resembling a cannon and lands in water or a net. ΚΠ 1880 Warren (Pa.) Ledger 23 Apr. Royal, who is styled in the show language the human cannon ball, had been shot from the mouth of the howitzer. 1929 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 12 May 2/5 One of the features of the 1929 program will be Cliff Aeros, the human cannonball, who will be shot a distance of 20 feet from a cannon. 2003 ‘Z. Corder’ Lion Boy (2004) xi. 143 Flying through the air on the trapeze; Topmounter in the Lucidi family's human pyramid, or human cannonball even, in a little velvet suit. < as lemmas |
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