解释
- n. 走绳索的杂技演员
※ 提供单词"funambulist"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
funambulist 走绳索的人
来自拉丁语funis, 绳索，词源同funicular. -ambul, 走，词源同amble, ambulance.
英文词源
- funambulist
- funambulist: see funicular
- funambulist (n.)
- "tightrope-walker," 1793, coined from Latin funis "a rope, line, cord," + ambulare "to walk" (see amble (v.)). Earlier was funambulant (1660s), funambule (1690s from Latin funambulus, the classical name for a performer of this ancient type of public entertainment), and pseudo-Italian funambulo (c. 1600). Related: Funambulate; funambulation; funambulatory.