(亦作 flying trapeze)a horizontal bar hanging by two ropes and free to swing, used by acrobats in a circus (杂技表演用的)吊架,高空秋千
(Sailing)a harness attached by a cable to a dinghy's mast, enabling a sailor to balance the boat by leaning backwards far out over the windward side (航海)(独桅小赛艇平衡用的)吊架
语源
mid 19th cent.: from French trapèze, from late Latin trapezium (see trapezium)