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acrobatics

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ac·ro·bat·ics /ˌækrəˈbætɪks/ noun [plural]  DSskilful movements of your body, for example jumping through the air or balancing on a rope 杂技(动作)
Examples from the Corpus
acrobaticsThey are flamboyant and skilled riders, capable of performing staggering feats of archery and acrobatics on horseback.It can get so cold that their breath does acrobatics in the air just to keep warm.He simply floats into confounding feats of acrobatics and then comes to still, collected repose.Only acrobatics from teenage keeper Declan Devine prevented Smith from completing a hat-trick before the break.With the reel screaming in protest and the fish performing acrobatics all round the pool I prayed the hook would hold.The booze was performing acrobatics on his nerves.There were nine children, or so she'd managed to count during all the acrobatics.And yet the driver isn't aware of these acrobatics from behind the wheel.
ac·ro·bat·ics nounChineseSyllable
jumping of skilful Corpus movements through your for example body,


acrobatics
acrobatics /ˌækrəˈbætɪks/ noun [plural]
skilful movements of your body, for example jumping through the air or balancing on a rope


acro·bat·icsBrE /ˌækrəˈbætɪks/ 🔊NAmE /ˌækrəˈbætɪks/ 🔊 noun [plural] acrobatic acts and movements 杂技acrobatics on the high wire走钢丝杂技(figurative) vocal acrobatics (= performing skilfully with the voice when singing) 高超的歌唱技巧