acrobat

noun
🔊/ˈækrəbæt/
🔊/ˈækrəbæt/
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  1. an person who performs difficult acts such as balancing on high ropes, especially at a circus杂技演员
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French acrobate, from Greek akrobatēs, from akrobatos ‘walking on tiptoe’, from akron ‘tip’ + bainein ‘to walk’.