circus acrobat
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrkəs ˈækrəˌbæt/
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acróbata de circo
- She was reminded of a surrealistic painting titled This World and the Next, which she had done last year, because the central figure in that piece had been a wire-walking circus acrobat plagued by uncertainty.
Examples
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"I used to be a circus acrobat when I was young."
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It's more closely related to circus acrobats and circus tricks.
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Romney's desperate lies: 'A leap that would be difficult even for professional circus acrobats.'
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"A careful and unbiased reading of the Bloomberg take would have saved unnecessary fantasies and extravagant comments," Ranieri said. The conclusion that it was moving all production to China was "a leap that would be difficult even for professional circus acrobats."
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As a circus acrobat, she amazed the audience with her breathtaking flips and stunts.
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The circus acrobat performed daring feats on the trapeze, leaving the crowd in awe.
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During the show, the circus acrobat executed a series of astonishing somersaults that captivated everyone.
Synonyms
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A person who does skilled, risky moves like flips and tightrope walking
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A person who can twist and bend their body into unusual shapes for shows
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A performer who swings on ropes like a trapeze doing acrobatic tricks high above the ground
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A performer who walks and balances on a thin rope high above the ground
A person who holds difficult steady positions in a show
A person who walks on a rope high above the ground and does tricks
A person who walks on a thin rope high above the ground
A performer who balances on a rope high above the ground
How Risky
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an acrobat who performs in a circus show' is directly and compositionally derived from 'circus' (the event/context) modifying 'acrobat' (a skilled performer). This simple noun + noun modifier pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily understandable to B1 learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
The phrase circus acrobat brings to mind a skilled performer under the big tent: the acrobat doing flips, balances, and stunts while the circus crowd watches. So the phrase means 'an acrobat who performs stunts as part of a circus show'.