| 单词 | social-welfare net |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial-welfare net f. A safety net used by an acrobat; = safety net n. Frequently figurative, esp. in benefits net, social-welfare net, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > pieces of equipment hoop1793 bed of nails1798 garter1854 safety net1888 net1905 rag front1926 1905 A. Bennett Tales of Five Towns ii. 250 We should..flash past each other in mid-flight..and soar to opposite platforms again, amid frenzied applause. There were no nets. 1951 W. S. Churchill in Times 9 Oct. 2/4 The difference between our outlook and the Socialist outlook on life is the difference between the ladder and the queue... ‘What is your answer to what happens if anyone slips off the ladder?.’ Our reply is, ‘we shall have a good net’. 1960 N. Streatfeild Look at Circus iv. 80 In any properly run circus under the trapezes or high tight-rope act a net is stretched. 1967 C. B. Mills Bertram Mills Circus viii. 109 Fritzi Bartoni..did one very difficult trick in which she fell forward from a trapeze and caught herself by her heels on the cross bar and she had been doing this without a net. 1989 Best 14 Apr. 11/4 When money's low, they can fall through the benefits net. 1993 Newsweek 6 Sept. 32/1 The prime beneficiaries are the former communists, who argue they will continue the reforms—but ease the pain with a bigger social-welfare net. < as lemmas |
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