tightrope

英式音标：[ˈtaɪtrəʊp]

美式音标：[ˈtaɪtroʊp]

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概况：

n. 拉紧的绳索

词义：

n.

绷索，钢丝；极其危险的道路或处境；

变形

复数：tightropes

英英释义

tightrope[ 'taitrəup ]

n.tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground

用法：

词组短语

walk a tightrope ◎走钢丝 , ◎对付险境；处境艰难

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The children are breathless as they watch the tightrope act.
孩子们在看走绳索表演时呼吸都屏住了。

There was gasp of horror from the spectator as he fell off the tightrope.
他从拉紧的绳索上摔了下来，观众吓得直喘气。

权威例句

Family Tightrope:The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans

Walking the Tightrope: Finding Balance in Faculty Support

Walking the tightrope:responsive yet stable traffic engineering

Family Tightrope: The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans. by Nazli Kibria

Walking a Tightrope: Creating Value Through Interorganizational Relationships

Securing the immune tightrope: mononuclear phagocytes in the intestinal lamina propria.

Copper homeostasis in eukaryotes: teetering on a tightrope.

Walking the tightrope between feeling good and being accurate: mood as a resource in processing persuasive messages

Erythropoietin on a tightrope: balancing neuronal and vascular protection between intrinsic and extrinsic pathways.

The anatomic reconstruction of acromioclavicular joint dislocations using 2 TightRope devices: a biomechanical study.

英语词源：

tightrope (n.)

1801, from tight (adj.) + rope (n.). So called for being tensely stretched.

造句：

1. 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.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. The policymaker is then like a man on a tightrope; he can avoid a precipitous drop only by moving forward.

决策人就像一个走钢索的人一样，只有向前走，才能避免从上面栽下来。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. A person who performs feats of balance, such as tightrope walking.

保持平衡的人表演平衡技巧的人，如走钢丝者

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. Walk the wire; walk a tightrope; be on a tightrope; do high wire; walk a tightrope; be on a tightrope do high wire

走钢丝

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 汉英

6. There were gasps of horror from the spectators as he fell off the tightrope.

他从 紧的绳索上摔了下来, 观众吓得直喘气.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.

她敢于不用网子走钢丝。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

8. As always, South Africa is walking a tightrope.

南非从来都是在走钢丝。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

9. At a circus, there is usually a tightrope walker.

杂技场常有钢丝表演。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. An acrobat who performs in the air, as on a trapeze or tightrope.

高空杂技演员在空中，如在高空秋千或钢丝上表演的杂技演员

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考