单词 | rope-walking |
释义 | > as lemmasrope-walking rope-walking n. the action of performing on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; tightrope walking. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > rope-walking or dancing rope-dancing1625 rope-walking1625 funambuling1650 funambulation1707 rope dance1727 wire-dancing1755 tightrope dancing1800 funambulism1801 wire-walking1804 wire act1891 wirework1899 slacklining1999 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. Alphabet. Table sig. ggg1v Rope-walking admirably in the West Indies. 1861 All Year Round 31 Aug. 538/1 Rope-dancing..has returned to primitive rope-walking and rope-running again. 1890 B. Hall Turnover Club vi. 63 The usual attraction was ‘Professor Etherio, the flying man’, who did a rope-walking act. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Sept. c17/2 Chongo earned respect as a journeyman climber, with accomplishments like rope-walking on the Lost Arrow Spire. < as lemmas |
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