tightrope walk

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of walking on a tightrope.
    — Stunts like tightrope walks and barrel plunges were later banned at the falls, with fines of up to $10,000.
  2. A perilous course between alternatives. figuratively
    — Mr. Donofrio's strategy is a tightrope walk. He is trying to preserve as much of the traditional mainframe business as possible, while remaking the big machines, replacing their large, power-hungry processors with more efficient computer-on-a-chip microprocessors, which drive work stations and personal computers.
动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of tightrope-walk. alt-of,alternative
    — John Glass, 23 years old, a waiter, of 716 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, put the commando training he learned as a soldier to use yesterday, according to the police of the Bergen Street Station, who said that he scaled a one-story brick building, tightrope walked along a cornice, forced down a window and entered Riche's Jewelry Shop at 362 Livingston Street.

词形变化

tightrope walks plural tightrope-walk alternative tightrope walks present,singular,third-person tightrope walking participle,present tightrope walked participle,past tightrope walked past tightrope-walk alternative
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