tightrope
英 [ˈtaɪt.rəʊp]
美 [ˈtaɪt.roʊp]
- n. 拉紧的绳索
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英语词源
- tightrope (n.)
- 1801, from tight (adj.) + rope (n.). So called for being tensely stretched.
权威例句
- 1. For the past few days Corinne has been living on an emotional tightrope.
- 在过去几天里，科琳娜在感情问题上如履薄冰。
- 2. School administrators walk a tightrope between the demands of the community and the realities of how children really behave.
- 学校管理者在社区的要求和孩子们的实际表现之间小心翼翼地平衡局面。
- 3. The audience held its / their breath as the acrobat walked along the tightrope.
- 杂技演员走钢丝时,观众都屏住了呼吸.
- 4. At a circus, there is usually a tightrope walker.
- 杂技场常有钢丝表演.
- 5. It is a question of being a tightrope walker or not.
- 这是一个是否算得上钢索演员的问题.