acrobat

FREQ #27158

n. 表演特技者, 杂技演员

发音

US /ˈæk.ɹə.bæt/
其它

词形变化

acrobats 复数 acrobats acrobated acrobating acrobats 三单 acrobating 现在分词 acrobated 过去式 acrobated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

    杂技演员

    马戏演员

v.
  1. 1.

    To practise acrobatics.

  2. 2.

    To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

athlete jock

下位词 5

contortionist aerialist balancer funambulist tightrope walker

相关短语

acrobat ant

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros) Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Hellenic *gʷəňňō Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *égʷēn Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor. French acrobateder. English acrobat From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs, “walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft”), from ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō, “to walk on tiptoe”), from ἄκρον (ákron, “highest or farthest point, mountain top, peak”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, step”).

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