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Trapeze N Ropes Trə'Pi:Z N.空中秋千 英 空中吊杠,高秋千(A Short

单词 trapeze
音标 [trə'pi:z]
解释 n.空中秋千
红宝书 【英】 n. 空中吊杠,高秋千(a short bar banging high above the ground from two ropes used by gymnasts and acrobats)
字源 trapeze (n.)
swing with a cross-bar, used for feats of strength and agility, 1861, from French trapèze, from Late Latin trapezium (see trapezium), probably because the crossbar, the ropes and the ceiling formed a trapezium.
The French, to whose powers of invention (so long as you do not insist upon utility) there is no limit, have invented for the world the Trapeze .... ["Chambers's Journal," July 6, 1861]
不择手段背单词 n. 空中秋千(用于体育锻炼或杂技表演)
【记】tr = tran转, ape猩猩, ze: 猩猩在秋千上转来转去.
趣味全助记 【记】trap+ 音:贼,陷肼抓贼,电视里经常看到设个陷井抓贼,他一踩到那个网上就被吊在空中挂在树上吊秋千;trapezium 梯形

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