| 单词 | rope-walker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrope-walker rope-walker n. [compare the earlier quots. a1425, ?c1475, and 1542 at sense 2b] a person who performs on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; a tightrope walker. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > rope-walker or dancer walker on ropes1542 funambulo1605 funambulus1607 funambulant1608 rope-walker1611 rope-dancer1627 funambulator1658 funambuler1659 funambule1697 wire dancer1752 equilibrist1760 wire-walker1762 funambulist1789 schoenobatist1821 tightrope dancer1824 aerialist1869 tightrope walker1869 wire-worker1918 blondin1934 1611 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Index sig. Iii3v Funambulant, a Rope-walker. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 77 Grammarian, painter, rope walker—All knowes The needy Greek—bid go to heaven, he goes. 1862 E. A. Hall Diary 2 Jan. in O. A. Sherrard Two Victorian Girls (1966) ii. 289 Spent an hour at the Crystal Palace and saw the rope-walker, Blondin. 1942 E. Sitwell Street Songs 11 We watched the sonambulists, rope-walkers, argonauts. 2001 Smithsonian Nov. 51/1 There was a very interesting story to be told about this young loner who had learned the art of the funambule (literally, ‘rope walker’) all by himself as a teenager. < as lemmas |
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