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trope [tropes] (art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature) noun [UK: trəʊp] [US: troʊp] | 套路 /tàolù/noun 桥段 /qiáoduàn/noun 橋段 /qiáoduàn/noun |
trope [tropes] (rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning) noun [UK: trəʊp] [US: troʊp] | 比喻 /bǐyù/noun 譬喻 /pìyù/noun |
allotrope [allotropes] (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) noun [UK: ˈæ.lə.trəʊp] [US: ˈæ.lətroʊp] | 同素異形體noun |
tightrope [tightropes] (tightly stretched rope) noun [UK: ˈtaɪ.trəʊp] [US: ˈtaɪtroʊp] | 鋼絲noun 钢丝 /gāngsī/noun |
tightrope walker (acrobat who practices tightrope walking) noun [UK: ˈtaɪ.trəʊp ˈwɔːk.ə(r)] [US: ˈtaɪtroʊp ˈwɔːk.ər] | 走繩索的人noun |
walk a tightrope (to undertake a precarious course) verb | 走鋼絲verb 走钢丝 /zǒugāngsī/verb |
zoetrope (optical toy) noun [UK: zˈəʊtrəʊp] [US: zˈoʊtroʊp] | 西洋鏡noun 西洋镜 /xīyángjìng/noun |