acrobatics

/,ækrə'bætiks/

Thân thiện

The pilot performed acrobatics in the small plane.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The performance of acrobatic feats: The art or practice of performing gymnastic exercises requiring agility, balance, and coordination, often in a performance.
   • Aerial stunts in an aircraft: The performance of stunts, such as rolls or loops, while flying an aircraft.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The circus performer's acrobatics were breathtaking.
  • Pilot training sometimes includes basic acrobatics.

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe mental or verbal agility:
  • The lawyer's intellectual acrobatics during the cross-examination impressed the jury.
  • Following the plot of that novel requires some literary acrobatics.

Variants and Related Words

• Acrobat (n): A person who performs acrobatics.
  • The acrobat balanced perfectly on the high wire.
• Acrobatic (adj): Relating to or characteristic of an acrobat or acrobatics.
  • Her acrobatic skills are exceptional.

Synonyms

• Gymnastics: Physical exercises developing or displaying agility and coordination.
• Stunts: Difficult or spectacular feats, especially for public entertainment.

Related Phrases

• Mental acrobatics: Complex or agile intellectual reasoning.
  • Solving this puzzle is a feat of mental acrobatics.
• Verbal acrobatics: The skillful and agile use of language.
  • The poet is known for his verbal acrobatics.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
2. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aerobatics
• stunting
• stunt flying
• tumbling