Acrobat



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.特技演员, 杂技演员
• ［英］ n.特技演员, 杂技演员 (one that performs gymnastic feats requiring skillful control of the body.)
• ［记］ acro ( 高) +bat ( 走) -> 高空走的人 -> 杂技演员;
• ［同］ 同根词: acronym ( 首字母缩写词) , acrophobia ( 恐高症)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French & Greek; French acrobate, from Greek akrobatēs, from akr- acr- + bainein to go — more at come
• Date: 1825
• 1. one that performs gymnastic feats requiring skillful control of the body
• 2.
  • a. one skillful at exercises of intellectual or artistic dexterity
  • b. one adept at swiftly changing or adapting a position or viewpoint a political acrobat
• • acrobatic adjective
• • acrobatically adverb

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