| 单词 | juggler |
| 释义 | juggler (once / 3641 pages) n A juggler is someone who can toss and catch several objects at once, always keeping at least one of them in the air at any given moment. If you want to become a juggler, try juggling tennis balls instead of fiery torches. Watching a juggler perform can be awe-inspiring, especially if she's juggling knives or some other dangerous set of objects. You can become a juggler simply by learning to juggle, and professional jugglers can work for circuses or perform for money at festivals and street fairs. Juggler, jester, and wizard all once shared a meaning as well as a root, the Old English geogelere, "magician or conjurer." WORD FAMILYjuggler: jugglers+/juggle: juggled, juggler, jugglery, juggles, juggling/jugglery: juggleries/juggling: jugglings USAGE EXAMPLESYou’ll get contortionists, aerialists, jugglers and plenty of other circus mainstays — and no scary clowns. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) In the opening scene of “Akhnaten,” Gandini and his fellow jugglers sit upright in profile against the backdrop, mimicking the stiff posture of hieroglyphic figures. Los Angeles Times(Nov 16, 2016) He pointed to Douglas’ starring roles as a Holocaust survivor in the 1953 movie “Juggler,” and as Jewish U.S. Seattle Times(Nov 09, 2016) n a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity Hyper performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience |
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