| 单词 | acrobatic feat |
| 例句 | But the exercises used to habituate their bodies to long periods of sitting also gave rise to Shaolin kung fu, a martial arts form that focuses on self-defense and astounding acrobatic feats. Spare Times for Children, for Nov. 23-29 2012-11-22T20:56:47Z In 1961 Paramount Pictures’ publicity department attempted a remarkable acrobatic feat. Books of The Times: ?Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.? by Sam Wasson 2010-06-13T22:07:00Z But he also climbs on her, and the focus is never on acrobatic feats for their own sake. A Spinning Acrobat Learns to Love Change 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The performances by the two principals are almost acrobatic feats: to retain clarity and sense notwithstanding a rapid-fire delivery of words and a liberal dose of sarcasm, playful insult, bemusement, innuendo, and scattered asides. He Said, She Said, We Said, You Said 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Their acrobatic feats are clunky at best and often unattractive: Shoulder balances involve three people. Dance Review: Shen Wei, LDP and María Pagés at Fall for Dance 2012-10-13T00:50:06Z There are daily blackouts in most Port-au-Prince neighborhoods, and even residents with private generators must perform acrobatic feats with the antennas to find clear reception. The TV Watch: In Haiti TV Tries to Educate, With Mixed Results 2012-07-11T21:54:55Z Duo Rose, a male-female trapeze act, were no less mesmerizing as their limbs turned to pretzels and slipknots, and their acrobatic feats yielded to tenderness in midair: a light caress, a delicate kiss. Moisture Fest, celebrating 10th anniversary, dazzles, delights 2013-03-22T19:08:56Z He offered a breathtaking cadenza, performing acrobatic feats in the instrument’s highest range. 2010-02-15T01:23:00Z Its members also seem to like danger: they perform acrobatic feats and circus stunts, including human pyramids, without a net. Spare Times for Children for April 19-25 2013-04-18T22:11:56Z In “Tesseract,” Nacho Flores builds, balances on and performs acrobatic feats with towers of wooden cubes. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z In the Aria I duet, Maria Kowroski played the ballerina’s amazing back-arches and other acrobatic feats with a new quality of wry wit. Dance Review: Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky at New York City Ballet 2013-06-06T20:20:40Z Its invention is an acrobatic feat and a calculated effort to get past arcane Senate rules. Meet the CEPP, the biggest federal climate policy you’ve never heard of 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But outside the stadiums of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, a different kind of acrobatic feat is performed every day. Squirrels Use Gymnastics to Navigate Treetop Canopies 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z A circus family performs acrobatic feats on horses. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 26, 2020 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Even when Orliński is not executing windmills or performing other acrobatic feats in opera productions, he displays a muscular hypermasculinity that offers a piquant counterpoint to the ethereal quality of his voice. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The Illinois team wanted to analyse how the click beetles pull off their acrobatic feat. High-jumping beetle inspires agile robots 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The flying mammals have some of the heaviest wings in nature, which has made their acrobatic feats a puzzle for scientists—until now. Mystery Solved: How Bats Can Land Upside Down 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Treading the tightrope of Jim Crow from birth to death, from almost our first knowledge of life to our last conscious thought from the cradle to the grave is a major mental acrobatic feat. What the Rosa Parks Archive Reveals About a Civil Rights Hero 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Just traveling around Sunset City is a blast as you challenge yourself with acrobatic feats and superhuman parkour abilities. Sunset Overdrive First Impressions -- 2 Hours In The 'Awesomepocalypse' 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The acrobatic feats may be a bit gratuitous, but it sure is fun to watch. Parkour group brings 'Assassin's Creed' to life in Paris 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z And yet Martin Tatta somehow persuades his beloved Milonga to join him in acrobatic feats, from handstands to other poses that even the most understanding horses rarely display. Argentine gaucho tames with whispers, not whips 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Instead, to ingest liquids, the tongue seems to perform almost acrobatic feats. Drinking: An Acrobatic Tongue Act 2013-08-24T21:15:00.683Z In artistic gymnastics, participants perform various acrobatic feats – jumps, leaps, turns, handstands etc – either on the floor or on fixed pieces of equipment, in an attempt to demonstrate balance, control, flexibility and strength. Olympics 2012: how to get involved in gymnastics 2012-08-08T11:06:53Z The gymnasium in Flags takes the place of the church in Synn�v�; and acrobatic feats of the body are deemed more healthful than the religious aspirations of the soul. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z With no rival but himself To test his acrobatic feats, He bethought he'd mastered all And, bathing in a pool of pride, Washed apprehension from his mind. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The performances in these playhouses were almost exactly equivalent to those in our variety-shows; they were medleys of song and dance, of acrobatic feats and of exhibitions of trained animals. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z We also had our regular hours for gymnastic exercise,—wrestling, boxing, acrobatic feats, etc. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Where is the heroine who performed this astonishing acrobatic feat? Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z The remarkable performance with the pistol and some additional acrobatic feats from Leo brought the entertainment to a close, and the two performers hurried to the house to get into their street dress. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z It incorporated the same acrobatic feats that Caldwell loved, without the rigid physical requirements of gymnastics. Landing the Jump From Gymnastics to Aerial Skiing 2011-02-14T04:24:12Z Our friend first practiced the acrobatic feat on a thick quilt for fear that he might break his neck. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Of course I asked for the story of young Romaine, and was told of certain climbers who advertise their skill by using a steeple-top for acrobatic feats that have nothing to do with repairing. Careers of Danger and Daring On these noses, which were firmly fixed on their natural ones, they performed their acrobatic feats. Round the World in Eighty Days If you get hold of him, though, it will save the trouble of climbing through the chimney, an acrobatic feat which, in my present condition, I shall not be sorry to be spared.” A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War It was full of water, and his acrobatic feat was brought to an abrupt end as he lifted his head, dripping wet. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son It is a greater thing for the baby than those acrobatic feats which so amazed you the other day. Almost a Woman Oh, that dear familiar house, with those cool corridors, and those red marble columns, on the iron cross-bars of which you, as a boy, so often used to show off your acrobatic feats before me! Eyes Like the Sea Dreams had a liking for him, the kind of dreams that incline to acrobatic feats and magic transformations. A Canadian Bankclerk It was a variety show, a mixed programme of acrobatic feats, singing and girls dancing. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Once more then Jules performed that acrobatic feat, and, twisting himself round with furious energy, hastened back to warn his comrades. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Proposing is a sort of acrobatic feat, in which a man must hang on to his nerve with one hand and to the girl with the other. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Two big fellows accompanying them, who were dressed in tight clown costumes, executed all kinds of grotesque contortions and acrobatic feats, by which they won plaudits and shouts of laughter from the spectators. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery From that time forth her daring acrobatic feats supplied the gossips of L——with plenty of material for conversation. Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Univ. “acrobatic feats”; a = announced in the bills of a circus; b = attempted in a circus; c = involving the turning of a quadruple somersault; d = possible. Symbolic Logic During the battle the long coat tails had flapped about like wings, and Jankiel, in his desperate efforts to get rid of the intruder, had performed the most extraordinary acrobatic feats. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story During that time the spectators saw a greater variety of acrobatic feats than they had ever witnessed in one scene before. The Giraffe Hunters I was a very nimble kidlet, and at an early age the stage carpenter, who had once been in a circus, taught me to walk a taut rope and to perform acrobatic feats. Penny of Top Hill Trail Watch Master Tomtit as he performs some of his acrobatic feats, putting the tilters and tumblers in the human circus to the blush. Our Bird Comrades No acrobatic feat, which involves turning a quadruple somersault, is ever attempted in a circus. Symbolic Logic Mr. Tautz, the well-known breeches maker of Oxford Street, witnessed these acrobatic feats, and after we had all been perfectly convinced of the absolute safety of the garment, he took it on a royalty. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. It was an acrobatic feat to jump from the slippery ice, lay hold of a jibboom towering overhead, and scramble over the bows. From Paris to New York by Land It was a kind of acrobatic feat, though he had no gymnasium with bars or rings or tight rope, and there was no canvas stretched to catch him if he fell. Bird Stories I had to do what little trimming there was done with a safety razor and it involved quite an acrobatic feat. An African Adventure No acrobatic feat, which involves turning a quadruple somersault, is ever attempted in a circus. Symbolic Logic The days had not arrived when acrobatic feats had invaded the decorum of the ballroom, and such simple departures from the routine as dos-à-dos and single hand were enough to provoke envy and astonishment. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World But what would they have said to the later acrobatic feats and going through the figures of a quadrille! A Little Girl of Long Ago Suddenly, with the expression of one who in the interests of art performs dangerous acrobatic feats, she dragged a chair in front of a cupboard. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story This acrobatic feat required such an effort that he himself fell on his back—but it succeeded. Debts of Honor Instead of blacksmith's forges, visions of a circus ring and acrobatic feats were dancing before his mind. The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus Later his acrobatic feats had made him even popular with them. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa A counter laden with small wares had to be leapt in order to gain it, and a rope depending from the ceiling rendered possible the acrobatic feat which was necessary to do so. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale On the contrary, they executed that difficult acrobatic feat known as going off their heads, with jubilation. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth They threw up balls and caught them, ever so many, and they played curious games on the stones, and acrobatic feats, and sung, and danced, and acted stories of funny things. A Little Girl in Old Salem Ralph explained that Kit had practiced acrobatic feats extensively at the gymnasium connected with the school. The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus But I spent all my summers as a boy on my grandfather's farm, and there I drove horses and rode them and did acrobatic feats on their bare backs. Under the Country Sky Then he starts in to do the greatest acrobatic feats you ever saw, twisting his hind legs up over his head like he wanted to turn a somersault, or else climb up the line. Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails He begins to feel the sympathetic weariness which often overcomes one while watching acrobatic feats. Essays on Scandinavian Literature It is not desirable that every one should perform acrobatic feats on some musical instrument, or indulge in vocal pyrotechnics, but it is desirable to extract music out of whatever technique may be attained. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music It was then, the earth performed the acrobatic feat of heaving up, and he fell! The Freebooters of the Wilderness Once an old duck performed the acrobatic feat over which the nature and anti-nature writers have been giving each other the lie. The Canadian Commonwealth Lucile came out and sang another song, Mart did some acrobatic feats, and the other boys and girls did their parts in the play, while "General Grant" appeared again and amused the audience. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show Snowdown and Platt were with difficulty dissuaded from attempting acrobatic feats on the parapet; and the city faded from deep purple into a vast grayness. Mike Fletcher A Novel The entire menagerie whistled, barked, sat up on its hind legs, performed acrobatic feats and said, "Scratch poor Polly," at his discriminating behest. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 After he had performed sundry acrobatic feats with him, he carried him back to his bed. Sevenoaks It was taken in stage costume, and represented Vivian in one of her clever acrobatic feats. Marjorie's Maytime Her forefoot soared stiffly aloft till it was almost clear of the water; her stern was depressed; her decks listed to port till it was an acrobatic feat to make passageway along them. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle The younger one was smiling, looking at the wall, and as the captain reappeared upon it she almost clapped with enthusiasm as though applauding a dangerous acrobatic feat. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel We found him wedged between two trees, evidently enjoying a rest, which he sorely needed after his remarkable acrobatic feat of the morning. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park His looping the loop, his upside-down flights, his general acrobatic feats in the air are all of the utmost value to pilots throughout the world. The Mastery of the Air He was like a man who has an acrobatic feat to perform—a wide ditch to leap, a high pole to climb—and who has a presentiment of fractures and bruises. Confidence But in the case of Bath-sheba, Solomon's surprising acrobatic feat is the more remarkable from the reception which he at first gave to his mother. The Woman's Bible The poet had continually to be performing acrobatic feats, now of rhetoric or epigram, now of learning, or again in the description of blood-curdling horrors, monstrous deaths and prodigious sorceries. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal But finding I objected to such manners, they giggled gayly, performed several acrobatic feats on the carpet, and left us to wait on ourselves. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok The passengers executed further acrobatic feats upon the floor; they clutched at things and fell over things and swore and gurgled. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures The bird also began to play in semi-human style, performing marvellous acrobatic feats on the clothes-line, and lying on its back juggling with a twig as some "artists" do with a barrel in the circus. My Tropic Isle These acrobatic feats were even practised by women. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period The Waif nearly stood on her end at that instant, and her acrobatic feat combined with the push flung Leith off his feet and sent him rolling ludicrously along the deck. The White Waterfall Robinson saw that he had probably jumped to a conclusion, an acrobatic feat of reasoning which Furneaux had specifically warned him against. The Postmaster's Daughter At every mighty step of Peri we had to be prepared for all sorts of unexpected acrobatic feats, while jolted from one side to the other by her swinging gait. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Suddenly the black man executed a most astounding acrobatic feat. On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Their mimicry and acrobatic feats were less thought of than their long poems or lays of wars and adventures, which they recited in doggerel rhyme to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period All the above acts were acrobatic feats that called for original thought and action, and were such as no dull mind and body could exert. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations It came to comprise not only a collection of songs, but also acrobatic feats and other exhibitions. Writing for Vaudeville "You know I have never seen any acrobatic feats." The Long Vacation Fearing an explosion of temper, I weakly removed the flower-pots and watched his acrobatic feat with delight. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One The collie had realised that he was off the chain and about to take a walk, and was expressing himself not merely in frenzied yells, but in acrobatic feats that threatened to overwhelm his master. Sisters Besides, her acrobatic feats do not cover a long period. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects It appeared that this worn-out old creature had been performing acrobatic feats in tumbling throughout the difficult journey, and had rolled, together with its load, down several places that had threatened its destruction. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 It is possible to admire her Majesty's policy and her eminence in literature and philosophy without performing acrobatic feats in the Imperial bed. Great Catherine The floor rose, and the roof fell, while cars and people performed impossible acrobatic feats above, below, and around him. Miss Billy But when, after the hornpipe, he proceeded to execute a clog-dance, garnished with acrobatic feats, the committee interfered. Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Yes; but I always thought dancers went from easy to difficult acrobatic feats. Louise de la Valliere "That is an acrobatic feat that I never believed you capable of, honey." Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret It was adventurous, too, for soon after coming out above the brink, it began upon acrobatic feats in which it showed itself nationally proficient. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan I also think pronunciation of a foreign tongue could be better taught than by demanding from the pupil those internal acrobatic feats that are generally impossible and always useless. Three Men on the Bummel I only wish I could be!' said I, admiring the pliancy of her quick intelligence, and these acrobatic feats which can only be successful in the eyes of the blind. Another Study of Woman He would always look to me for his cue, and when he saw me commence my acrobatic feats, he too would go through his little repertoire, barking and tumbling and rolling about with wonderful energy. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont |
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