tightrope-walk

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of tightrope walk. alt-of,alternative
    — [Marshall] Goldberg then rounded his own right end and tightrope-walked the side chalk mark for 18 yards and a first down on the Washington 35.
动词 v.
  1. To walk on a tightrope or on (something) as though on one. ambitransitive
    — It was just 78 years ago that […] [Charles] Blondin tightrope-walked across the Niagara, […]
  2. To take a perilous course between alternatives. figuratively
    — In his speech tonight, McCain, who has backed [George Walker] Bush on such controversial issues as tax cuts and the Iraq war, will have to tightrope-walk his way between saluting Bush and making it clear that he’s something different, that he represents change.

词形变化

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

词汇关系

相关词
tightrope walk tightrope walker tightrope walking

词源

词源 1
The verb is a back-formation from tightrope walking.
词源 2
The verb is a back-formation from tightrope walking.
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