acrobat

• n.アクロバット、スタントマン; 即興演奏者; フリッパー、フリッカー

acer（尖った、高い）が語源。-bat、行く、ventと同じ。-t、過去分詞格。高いワイヤーの上を歩く曲芸師。

acrobat

acrobat: [19] The Greek adjective ákros meant ‘topmost, at the tip or extremity’ (it derives ultimately from the Indo-European base *akmeaning ‘be pointed or sharp’, which also gave rise to acid, acute, oxygen, and edge). It crops up in acrophobia ‘fear of heights’; in acropolis ‘citadel’, literally ‘upper city’; in acromegaly ‘unnaturally enlarged condition of the hands, feet, and face’, literally ‘large extremities’; and in acronym, literally ‘word formed from the tips of words’. Acrobat itself means literally ‘walking on tiptoe’.

The -bat morpheme comes from Greek baínein ‘walk’, which is closely related to basis and base, and is also connected with come. Akrobátēs existed as a term in Greek, and reached English via French acrobate.
=> acid, acute, edge, oxygen

acrobat (n.)

1825, from French acrobate (14c.), "tightrope-walker," and directly from Greek akrobates "rope dancer, gymnastic performer," which is related to akrobatos "going on tip-toe, climbing up high," from akros "topmost, at the point end" (see acrid) + stem of bainein "walk, go" (see come).

1. The acrobat balanced a long pole on his left shoulder.

曲芸師は長い棒を彼の左肩にバランスさせた。

2.The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop.

この曲芸師は体を丸く丸くすることができる。

3.An acrobat has to be agile.

曲芸師は敏捷でなければならない。

4.The acrobat bounced high from the ground.

その曲芸師は地面から一発で弾丸が高く跳ね上がった。

5.The acrobat 's feat took the audience 's breath away.

曲芸師のスリリングな動きに観客は舌を巻く。