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To juggle means to keep several objects moving through the air at once by throwing and catching them quickly — a circus skill. Much more often in daily talk, 'juggle' is used figuratively: to juggle several tasks, jobs, or responsibilities means to manage them all at the same time, switching your attention between them.
拋接雜耍;(比喻)同時應付多項事務
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
juggleverb/ˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/
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To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.
- She can juggle flaming torches.
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datedTo perform various magic tricks or circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation.
- God alone knows where he came from, but he was in the camp one evening juggling for stray coppers in a bowl. Pretty good juggling too it seemed to be, of the usual Indian kind—growing a plant out of a pumpkin seed, turning a stick into a live snake, and the old sword and basket trick that every Eastern conjurer keeps up his sleeve; […]
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To handle or manage many tasks at once.
- He juggled home, school, and work for two years.
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To deceive by trick or artifice.
- I think they are juggling the company's books.
- Is't possible the spells of France should juggle / Men into such strange mysteries?
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archaicTo joke or jest.
jugglenoun/ˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/
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artshobbiesjugglingThe act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
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The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
- Quit the juggle and monotask.
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archaicThe performance of a magic trick.
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archaicA deceit or imposture.
- I could not believe that she was dead. The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom. “Is this a juggle?” I said to him.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。