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单词 Indian rope trick
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Definition of Indian rope trick in English:

Indian rope trick

noun
  • The supposed feat of climbing a length of unattached rope hanging vertically in the air.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Indian Rope Trick has become one of the most famous magical effects of all time, a doubly impressive feat since it was never actually performed.
    • The famed Indian rope trick - a myth, a product of mass hypnosis, or was it really magic?
    • At the beginning of the twentieth century the Indian Rope Trick was the world's most famous and mysterious act of magic.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in the sense ‘trick in which a securely bound performer unties himself’): the feat referred to in the current sense was said to have been performed in India in the 19th century.

Definition of Indian rope trick in US English:

Indian rope trick

noun
  • The supposed feat of climbing a length of unattached rope hanging vertically in the air.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the beginning of the twentieth century the Indian Rope Trick was the world's most famous and mysterious act of magic.
    • The famed Indian rope trick - a myth, a product of mass hypnosis, or was it really magic?
    • The Indian Rope Trick has become one of the most famous magical effects of all time, a doubly impressive feat since it was never actually performed.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in the sense ‘trick in which a securely bound performer unties himself’): the feat referred to in the current sense was said to have been performed in India in the 19th century.

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