| 单词 | tightrope walker |
| 例句 | Cade stood up, wobbling like a tightrope walker in a hurricane. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z My legs are spread, my knees bent, my arms moving jerkily to the side, like the tightrope walker’s. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It is not all that difficult to train an intelligent mouse to be an expert tightrope walker provided you know exactly how to go about it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He had a tightrope walker’s feel for the land beneath him—its surface tension, the give and take of things. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like a tightrope walker, balancing the urge to hurry out of the cutting wind and the need to step carefully so as not to fall on my hind regions. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They gasped when the tightrope walker fell off into a net and cheered when she climbed right back up to try again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Several small gilded vanity boxes in the exhibition masterfully depict, in miniature, epic vignettes: a tightrope walker performing in a theater, a ship navigating wild waves near a rocky coast, and a battle scene. In Miniature 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z On a circular stage, a clown-faced master of ceremonies introduces a dizzying succession of acts, including a tightrope walker, a knife thrower and an escape artist. Mark Bruce Company 2010-06-07T21:40:00Z “When I go to the circus, I don’t want the tightrope walker to just walk across, I want him to get into trouble,” he explains. Old songs get new life as reissues bring new attention to cult favorite Wreckless Eric Then their star tightrope walker is injured, and these mountebanks demand from Ramona a further, aerodynamically unlikely sacrifice. Review: ‘Ramona,’ a Puppet Tale About Trains in Love 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z One is a tightrope walker in a French circus who tries to lasso the moon. Irreverant stories of Arab-American women fill Randa Jarrar's 'Him, Me, Muhammad Ali' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Graham Greene is deemed a “brilliant tightrope walker edging between God and his grubby little creatures” but nonetheless compares unfavorably to Isaac Bashevis Singer. His Roman Holiday Lasted a Lifetime 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z In one well-known example, a circus poster, Mr. Sawka placed a tightrope walker at the center of his composition. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65 2012-08-28T07:23:01Z The tightrope walker balancing between life and death is the novel's leitmotif. 1970s New York, muses the judge, is a disgusting thing, "like surveying the evolution of slime". Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews 2011-08-26T21:55:06Z He was a one-man circus: A tightrope walker and a clown. At 73, ‘Man on Wire’ Philippe Petit still dances high above the void 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z He played a tightrope walker in a circus owned by Joan Crawford in the 1967 British horror film “Berserk!” and an action hero in the Italian thriller “Death on the Run.” Ty Hardin, Star of ‘Bronco’ Western, Dies at 87 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Their buccaneering batting is made all the more thrilling by the risk of it going spectacularly wrong, like watching a tightrope walker tiptoe between skyscrapers. 'Let the Ashes summer of love begin' 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z In one video, a tightrope walker suspended between two mountains edges toward the viewer, creating an unsettling urge to look down at an intimidating chasm below. What it's like to try Apple's new Vision Pro headset 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z He appeared on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” where he ate Twinkies, made jokes about Mr. bin Laden and called himself a “tightrope walker.” Musharraf’s Legacy: A Conflicted Pakistan and a Bristling Military 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z In the nine years that he led Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf sometimes called himself a “tightrope walker” — someone who could balance opposing forces, or straddle Pakistan’s dizzying political and ideological divides. Musharraf’s Legacy: A Conflicted Pakistan and a Bristling Military 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z House of Representatives, their party leader Kevin McCarthy is hoping to land one job he has long coveted - speaker of the House - but may get another tough one as well - tightrope walker. Kevin McCarthy faces high-wire act as Republicans close in on U.S. House majority 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The system of interest here is the point in the wire at which the tightrope walker is standing. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z At the present moment, American democracy is like a tightrope walker attempting a crossing during a howling storm, and without a net. How close did Trump come to attempting a military coup? Much too close 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z For example, he highlights the links between Lincoln and Charles Blondin, a French tightrope walker who amazed Americans by his feats, which included crossing Niagara Falls with his manager on his back. Review | The 19th-century culture that shaped Abraham Lincoln 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He appeared on the Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” where he ate Twinkies, made jokes about Mr. bin Laden and called himself a “tightrope walker.” Musharraf’s Legacy: A Conflicted Pakistan and a Bristling Military 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z It’s a balancing act that could give even a tightrope walker vertigo. Trump who? Senate GOP candidates in tight races avoid any mention of the president in campaign ads. 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Figure 4.18 When the vectors are projected onto vertical and horizontal axes, their components along those axes must add to zero, since the tightrope walker is stationary. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Like the precautions taken by a tightrope walker, these programs are in place to catch individuals before an unnecessary injury occurs. Perspective | Five myths about the safety net 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Kris aspires to be like the tightrope walker in her tattoo, striking a steady balance between her life and her condition but doesn't always succeed. 'Why I wanted a tattoo on my mastectomy scar' 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In 1918, the artist Paul Klee made ‘‘The Comet of Paris,’’ a tightrope walker hovering precariously in the air with a comet searing through the sky above and the Eiffel Tower below. Can Europe’s Liberal Order Survive as the Memory of War Fades? 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z He put one foot carefully in front of the other, like a tightrope walker who’d made the mistake of looking down. Researchers Race to Devise a Roadside Test for Driving While High 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z As we saw in the last example, the weight of the tightrope walker acted as a force perpendicular to the rope. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z It's like watching a tightrope walker defy death miles above ground, seemingly losing balance before regaining his footing. Jordan Spieth finally takes a tumble on his Sunday tightrope walk - Golf Digest 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Vassallo is an acrobat and a tightrope walker, which his father taught him. Ringling Brothers Circus Set to Go Dark After 146-Year Run 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The famed tightrope walker also told reporters Thursday that everyone who fell is going to be ok. The Latest: Wallenda: Performer may have fainted before fall 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Luckily, a professional slackliner - a type of tightrope walker known for acrobatic tricks - climbed the lift tower and slid across the cable to reach him. Western snowstorm draws skiers, but leaves deadly conditions 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z In the earlier example of a tightrope walker we noted that the tensions in wires supporting a mass were equal only because the angles on either side were equal. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Luckily, a professional slackliner — a type of tightrope walker known for acrobatic tricks — climbed the lift tower and slid across the cable to reach him. Western snowstorm draws skiers, but leaves deadly conditions 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z When tightrope walker Philippe Petit was asked why he did what he did, he replied curtly: “Why - there is no why.” Music Review: Rachael Yamagata takes her act a little higher 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z This image of the tightrope walker was something I grabbed on to as a cool theme. Rachael Yamagata returns to her roots with Howard Theatre show 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Mohammad Abu Sakha, a 24-year old Palestinian circus clown, juggler, and tightrope walker, was on his way to work at the Palestinian Circus School when he was arrested by Israeli troops. Why Israel Arrests and Jails Palestinians Without Trial 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z “It’s an indelible mark,” he said, “like being a tightrope walker without a net.” While You Were Sleeping, They Made Art 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Unlike surfing, stand-up paddleboarding doesn't require big breakers, endless practice or the balancing skills of a tightrope walker. Hobie's stand-up paddleboards helped it avoid a wipeout 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Fans “oohed” and “aahed” as the squirrel impersonated a circus tightrope walker. Squirrel causes commotion at Phillies-Cardinals game 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z When French tightrope walker Charles Blondin arrived in London, proposing to traverse a wire over the Crystal Palace, Punch urged the organisers to charge extra for tickets in bad weather. The birth of the weather forecast - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Psychologists visited music halls, and sensed that their own eyeballs leapt when the acrobats sprang from their boards, that their bodies leaned along with that of a tightrope walker. The human copying machine 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The other is a blindfold for the second portion, which removes what he called a tightrope walker’s most important sense. Nik Wallenda’s Risk for Discovery Channel Points to TV’s Audience Troubles 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z A tightrope walker performs holding a balancing pole in the old quarters of Delhi on Eid day. In pictures: India celebrates Eid al-Fitr 2013-08-09T06:45:27Z Williams lost in the fourth round to Sabine Lisicki, a German with a broad smile, booming serve and powerful forehand—and, apparently, the nerves of a tightrope walker. Wimbledon Just Got Weirder 2013-07-01T21:02:16Z The bird-like shape of the tightrope walker holding a white balancing pole, utterly insignificant compared to the vastness around him. Nik Wallenda gives us a rarity in modern life: something real 2013-06-25T20:31:48Z Braving gusty winds, the gutsy tightrope walker prayed nearly the entire way across the Little Colorado River Gorge in the event televised on the Discovery Channel. Skywire: The Daring Grand Canyon Tightrope Walk 2013-06-24T14:05:00Z Konyot, for example, grew up in a family of circus performers: Her father trained circus horses and her mother was a tightrope walker. Romney in Olympic spotlight with horse competition 2012-08-02T10:43:08Z The hate-love line is thin, and Howard is straddling it like a tightrope walker. Dwight Howard saga has Orlando sputtering 2012-02-03T12:46:10Z The last tightrope walker to cross the falls was James Hardy of Toronto in 1896, according to the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation, the tourism agency on the American side. City Room: Canada Denies Nik Wallenda's Bid to Cross Niagara Falls on Tightrope 2011-12-08T00:25:18Z He made his way along a narrow branch, nimble as a tightrope walker. 2010-02-15T02:14:00Z Kendricks made a nervous joke about a tightrope walker, but when his turn came he picked his way securely, without losing balance. The Planet Savers A clown and tightrope walker who in our days would not even have been permitted to play the part of a lackey! The Comedienne |
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