acrobat

英 ['?kr?b?t] 美['?kr?b?t]

近義詞tumbler

TEM4GRE考研常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?acrobats;

acrobat 雜技演員

來自詞根acer, 尖的，高的。-bat, 走，同vent,走，見advent,來臨。-t,過去分詞格。指走高空鋼絲的雜技演員，后統(tǒng)指雜技演員。

acrobat: acrobat: [19] The Greek adjective ákros meant ‘topmost, at the tip or extremity’ (it derives ultimately from the Indo-European base *akmeaning ‘be pointed or sharp’, which also gave rise to acid, acute, oxygen, and edge). It crops up in acrophobia ‘fear of heights’; in acropolis ‘citadel’, literally ‘upper city’; in acromegaly ‘unnaturally enlarged condition of the hands, feet, and face’, literally ‘large extremities’; and in acronym, literally ‘word formed from the tips of words’. Acrobat itself means literally ‘walking on tiptoe’.

The -bat morpheme comes from Greek baínein ‘walk’, which is closely related to basis and base, and is also connected with come. Akrobátēs existed as a term in Greek, and reached English via French acrobate.
=> acid, acute, edge, oxygen
acrobat (n.): 1825, from French acrobate (14c.), "tightrope-walker," and directly from Greek akrobates "rope dancer, gymnastic performer," which is related to akrobatos "going on tip-toe, climbing up high," from akros "topmost, at the point end" (see acrid) + stem of bainein "walk, go" (see come).

1. The acrobat balanced a long pole on his left shoulder.: 雜技演員讓一根長(zhǎng)桿在他的左肩上保持平衡.

5. The acrobat's feat took the audience's breath away.: 雜技演員的驚險(xiǎn)動(dòng)作使觀眾為之咋舌.