| 单词 | stilt-walker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstilt-walker stilt-walker n. (a) a person who walks on stilts (also transferred); (b) = stilt-bird n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [noun] > aquatic or swimming bird > wading bird wader1771 stilt-bird1835 stilter1845 stilt-walker1863 wading bird1868 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > one going on foot > one walking on stilts stilt-man1552 stilter1845 stilt-walker1863 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > others feat-worker1617 hoop-mana1668 trampolinist1843 somersaulter1850 stilt-walker1863 escapologist1926 1863 A. J. Munby Diary 20 May in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 162 I saw..two young female acrobats or stiltwalkers..forlorn and pitiable in their satin shoes & spangles. 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds IV. 1 The Stilt-walkers (Grallatores). 1889 F. H. Herrick in Amer. Naturalist Nov. 943 A growth of tropical bush, in which we notice the mangrove, the stilt-walker of the tropical swamp. 1891 Daily News 3 Apr. 5/6 Sylvain Dornon, the stilt-walker, who is on a tour for a wager from Paris to Moscow. < as lemmas |
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