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

• Bad news can only await such a high wire rating.
  糟糕的消息只能等待如此高估值的通讯社。
• 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
• A circus performer has broken one world record and set a new one for skipping on a high wire.
  22岁的马戏表演家亨利·艾阿拉打破了在高空踩着钢丝跳绳的世界纪录。
• Design and application of state monitoring and fault diagnosis system for main electromotor of high speed wire rolling sets
  高线精轧机组主电机状态监测与智能诊断系统开发及应用
• 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。
• The convertor can realize the need of outputting high wire voltage for the A.D.An engine convertor through semiconductor switching elements of lower voltage rating;
  本变流器能够用较低额定电压的半导体开关元件实现交直交机车变流器输出高线电压的需要；
• The phenomenon of piling-up of steel would happen while high speed wire rod is being rolled, which would greatly influence the product's yield and production efficiency.
  高速线材在轧制过程中会发生堆钢现象，对线材产品的成材率和生产效率都有较大的影响。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。