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

• 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。
• We drove out through high wire fences and a couple of watch towers.
  我们驱车透过高的铁丝网和了望塔夫妇。
• 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。
• 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。
• And now we're teetering on the high wire.
  而我们现在仿佛在走钢丝。
• This paper analyses the characters of double two high wire mill in China and put forward the design methob and program frame drawing of CARD of this mill.
  分析了我国复二重式线材轧机的特点，提出了针对该轧机特点的计算机辅助孔型设计的设计思想、程序框图等。
• Analysis and Treatment of Steel-Heaping Accidents in Rolling High Speed Wire Rod
  高速线材在轧制过程中堆钢事故的分析与处理
• 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”。
• Analysis on Automatic Control System of TISC High Speed Wire Mill
  天钢高速线材轧机自动控制系统分析
• The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.
  那些不曾跌倒的人是那些不曾走上高压电线的人。