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单词 acrobatic
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acrobatic
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adj

Acrobatic describes something that's an amazing physical feat, especially if it involves agility and balance. An acrobatic dance routine might include back flips and handstands.
If you're acrobatic, you're good at gymnastics or physical circus tricks. A border collie might make a particularly acrobatic Frisbee catch, twisting and spinning in the air, and a little boy could perform acrobatic cartwheels across the living room. The adjective comes from acrobat, which in French — acrobate — means "tightrope walker," from a Greek word, akrobates, "rope dancer," related to akrobatos, "going on tip toe" or "climbing up high."
WORD FAMILY
acrobatic: acrobatically, acrobatics
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Gerstein’s recording is an admirable achievement, but it does not quite transcend Liszt’s keyboard acrobatics to reach a higher plane of musical ­expression.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
“It was a wonderful device for lifting the veil” on the park’s structural acrobatics.
New York Times(Dec 23, 2016)
We watched a slightly botched acrobatic routine to Rihanna’s song Jump.
The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016)
adj vigorously active
an acrobatic dance
Syn
athletic, gymnastic
active
characterized by energetic activity
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