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jugglery

/juhg-luh-ree/US // ˈdʒʌg lə ri //

戏法,杂耍,玩杂耍,杂耍业

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural jug·gler·ies.

    • : the art or practice of a juggler, especially sleight of hand.
    • : the performance of juggling feats.
    • : any trickery or deception.

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Examples

  • But Count Cagliostro's career of jugglery and fraud was nearly over.

  • "No jugglery about this, however," he replied, looking somewhat amused.

  • Attached to each company are two or three who play on musical instruments, and amuse the people with their feats of jugglery.

  • That was a case of high mystification, of jugglery worthy of a street-corner mountebank.

  • And here M. Gabet said that, allowing for some jugglery, it was impossible not to conclude that there was diabolic agency at work.