high wire

英 [ˈhaɪ waɪə(r)]

美 [ˈhaɪ waɪər]

n.  (杂技演员使用的)高空绳索，空中钢丝

柯林斯词典

• （表演平衡动作用的）高空钢丝，空中绳索
  Ahigh wireis a length of rope or wire stretched tight high above the ground and used for balancing acts.
• N-SING （报刊用语）危险的状态，走钢丝，（行为）容易犯错误的
  Journalists talk about a person being on ahigh wireor performing ahigh-wireact when he or she is dealing with a situation in which it would be easy to do the wrong thing.
  1. This year's Budget looks set to be a precarious high-wire act for the Chancellor.
     编制今年的政府预算对财政大臣来说就好像是在走钢丝。

英英释义

noun

• a tightrope very high above the ground

双语例句

• Chris Barltrop, marketing director of Billy Smart's Circus, described Mr Ayala as a "high wire jack-in-the-box".
  马戏团的市场主任克里斯·巴特洛普把艾阿拉称为“高空奇人”。
• Application of Heating Furnace Automatic Control System in the Third High Speed Wire Production Line
  宣钢三高线加热炉自动控制系统的应用
• When walking on a high wire, you should concentrate on the way your body moves in the air.
  走钢丝时，你要集中精力于身体在空中的移动方式。
• He usually dances, jumps and unicycles on the high wire without a net, but his father insisted on using a net due to the unusual nature of the stunt.
  艾阿拉通常都在没有保护网的情况下在高空钢丝上跳跃、舞动和踩单轮脚踏车，但他的父亲坚持用保护网，因为做这些高空绝技实在是很危险。（阿曼）
• Design and application of monitoring system for the intermediate mill for high speed wire rod mill
  高线中轧电机监测系统的设计与应用
• A finite element model for drawing process of high carbon wire with inner micro-defects was built.
  介绍了高碳钢盘条的显微组织及其常见的与热轧工艺、冷拉拔工艺等生产过程相关的组织缺陷。
• To counter the existing problems of the lubricating in the high wire and rod mill, the new style macromolecule filtrating stuff are studied, developed and applied successfully.
  针对高速线材轧机润滑的难题，研制开发了新型高分子滤材，并成功地进行了实际应用。
• Is like being on this high wire, like, a hundred feet up.
  就好像在100尺的高空，走钢丝一样。
• Daredevil Daisy likes the high wire, but juggler Jack prefers his feet firmly on the ground.
  勇敢的戴西喜欢在空中走钢丝绳，而喜欢杂耍的杰克却愿意双脚沾地。
• As their unique brand of dreamy luscious pop continues to capture and enslave our imaginations, 2010 will undoubtedly be the year that The High Wire get the recognition they wholly deserve.
  作为他们梦幻般流行风格的一个独一无二的招牌，势必将会又一次捕获和激发我们的想象，2010年将毫无疑问是他们应该得到广泛认可的一年。