juggle

juggle
verb
  1. [with obj.]continuously toss into the air and catch (a number of objects) so as to keep at least one in the air while handling the others, typically for the entertainment of others
    抛耍，（多个物品）不停抛接不使坠下
    ■cope with by adroitly balancing
    力图使平衡，尽力应付
    she works full time, juggling her career with raising children.
    她全职工作，既忙事业又要抚养孩子。
    ■misrepresent (something) so as to deceive or cheat someone
    虚报，谎报
    defence chiefs juggled the figures on bomb tests.
    国防官员们虚报了炸弹试验的数字。
noun
  1. [in sing.]an act of juggling
    手技杂耍；平衡；虚报，谎报
派生
juggler
noun
jugglery
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'entertain with jesting, tricks, etc.'): back-formation from juggler, or from Old French jogler, from Latin joculari 'to jest', from joculus, diminutive of jocus 'jest'. Current senses date from the late 19th cent
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