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juggling

/juhg-uhl/US // ˈdʒʌg əl //UK // (ˈdʒʌɡəl) //

杂耍,戏法,戏耍,杂技

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v.有主动词 verb
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    jug·gled, jug·gling.

    • : to keep in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
    • : to hold, catch, carry, or balance precariously; almost drop and then catch hold again: The center fielder juggled the ball but finally made the catch.
    • : to alter or manipulate in order to deceive, as by subterfuge or trickery: to juggle the business accounts; to juggle the facts.
    • : to manage or alternate the requirements of so as to handle each adequately: to juggle the obligations of job and school.
v.无主动词 verb
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    jug·gled, jug·gling.

    • : to perform feats of manual or bodily dexterity, as tossing up and keeping in continuous motion a number of balls, plates, knives, etc.
    • : to use artifice or trickery.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act or fact of juggling.

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Examples

  • His thankfully negative result took 48 hours to come in, resulting in two days of missed camp and the all too familiar work-parenting juggle.

  • He hopes to go to Stanford and major in computer science, but for now he has to juggle homework with his online vigilante persona.

  • Even if you think they're evil enough to juggle the jobs figures, it's probably too late to do the president any good.

  • Well, a bear can juggle and stand on a ball and he's talented, but he's not famous.

  • When they did, the guys suddenly had two sets of girls at the house to juggle, and neither pair knew about the other.

  • He managed to juggle a challenging workload and foster good relations among officials at various agencies.

  • A frind iv mine wanst got full iv kerosene an' attempted to juggle a polisman.

  • Through her tears his meagre face showed as a seraph's who spoke the truth and forbade her to juggle with her soul.

  • He was all in white, his waistcoat had long sleeves, and every minute it seemed as if he must begin to juggle with glasses.

  • He couldn't even juggle one foot backward and forward without correction.

  • My thoughts merely revel and juggle with them, picture and legend—they are pastimes of my child-self.