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nounPlural carnies, Plural carneys ˈkɑːniˈkɑrni North American informal 1A carnival or funfair. 〈北美，非正式〉游艺团；游艺场 muscular carny men were dismantling the amusement park rides 一种游艺场的气氛。 Example sentencesExamples - Michaud had brought his 11-year-old son to the carny for an evening of bonding.
- He leaves the carny in order to reach the big time, but his dreams are shattered by a careless performance in front of his first high-level audience.
- After all these decades, he might have forgotten most of the routine he learned as a runaway teen traveling with the carny.
- Usually, it was just me and a few others in the stands, or kids running around loose like animals at the carny.
- Undeterred, Samson reinvents the carny into a religious revival show with Ben as the star attraction - a healer.
- Many of the rides are either kid or adult-specific, and the park offers little by way of storytelling, wonder or art, with attractions that you can find in your local travelling carny.
- Yep, went to three of them during the week, and they were all basically identical, like a very poor Western funfair - carneys the same the world over.
- 1.1 A person who works in a carnival or funfair.
游艺团成员；游艺场工作人员 Example sentencesExamples - But for now, everyone's waiting out the morning chill, as carnies check their rides, cowboys eye pens filled with bulls and broncs, and families wander about, talking quietly.
- Sounds good, you say: but as you get locked into your seat you notice the carny at the controls has a wild diabolical glint in his eye.
- The carny uses a different sort of design that ensures that no matter which loop you put your finger in, he can always win the bet.
- I suggested calling the cops to one of the carnies.
- At Rising Water, a game of skill, the carny announces, ‘another super-sized Scooby winner!’
- The idea of a much-married woman, Lee, bullying a family of misfits into being her slaves until she meets Smokey, a carny who runs a hell ride and may be the devil himself, is not without interest.
- In the park, the rides and the midway are quiet, the carnies and hawkers sleep the fitful sleep of those who have no permanent home.
- I was shooting some video when the carny came over and inquired about the technical specifications of the camera.
- I was down the Great Ocean Road the other week, and the bustling township of Anglesea hosted a carnival - complete with dodgem cars, cheap soft toys and cigarette dangling carnies.
- They want us to eat them happily, while the carnies con us into playing an impossible ring toss.
- As the story goes, these former Argentinian circus carneys came to Canada in search of a better life, while performing rousing renditions of classic rock ballads.
- I laugh at these people the same way I would laugh at him if he tried to pass himself off as a carny.
- ‘Well, the ladies just love carnies,’ says the sword-swallowing, fire-eating Doc Swan.
adjectivecarnier, carniestˈkɑːniˈkɑrni dialect, informal Artful; sly. 〈非正式或方〉巧妙的；狡猾的 Finley's carny approach to baseball 芬利的巧妙棒球打法。 Example sentencesExamples - I've learned many a carny trick by listening but I've been sworn to secrecy.
OriginLate 19th century: of unknown origin. carny1(also carnie, carney) nounˈkärnēˈkɑrni North American informal 1usually as modifier A carnival or amusement show. 一种游艺场的气氛。 Example sentencesExamples - Michaud had brought his 11-year-old son to the carny for an evening of bonding.
- After all these decades, he might have forgotten most of the routine he learned as a runaway teen traveling with the carny.
- Many of the rides are either kid or adult-specific, and the park offers little by way of storytelling, wonder or art, with attractions that you can find in your local travelling carny.
- Usually, it was just me and a few others in the stands, or kids running around loose like animals at the carny.
- Yep, went to three of them during the week, and they were all basically identical, like a very poor Western funfair - carneys the same the world over.
- He leaves the carny in order to reach the big time, but his dreams are shattered by a careless performance in front of his first high-level audience.
- Undeterred, Samson reinvents the carny into a religious revival show with Ben as the star attraction - a healer.
- 1.1 A person who works in a carnival or amusement show.
游艺团成员；游艺场工作人员 Example sentencesExamples - I was shooting some video when the carny came over and inquired about the technical specifications of the camera.
- The carny uses a different sort of design that ensures that no matter which loop you put your finger in, he can always win the bet.
- I suggested calling the cops to one of the carnies.
- At Rising Water, a game of skill, the carny announces, ‘another super-sized Scooby winner!’
- In the park, the rides and the midway are quiet, the carnies and hawkers sleep the fitful sleep of those who have no permanent home.
- The idea of a much-married woman, Lee, bullying a family of misfits into being her slaves until she meets Smokey, a carny who runs a hell ride and may be the devil himself, is not without interest.
- I laugh at these people the same way I would laugh at him if he tried to pass himself off as a carny.
- I was down the Great Ocean Road the other week, and the bustling township of Anglesea hosted a carnival - complete with dodgem cars, cheap soft toys and cigarette dangling carnies.
- ‘Well, the ladies just love carnies,’ says the sword-swallowing, fire-eating Doc Swan.
- As the story goes, these former Argentinian circus carneys came to Canada in search of a better life, while performing rousing renditions of classic rock ballads.
- But for now, everyone's waiting out the morning chill, as carnies check their rides, cowboys eye pens filled with bulls and broncs, and families wander about, talking quietly.
- Sounds good, you say: but as you get locked into your seat you notice the carny at the controls has a wild diabolical glint in his eye.
- They want us to eat them happily, while the carnies con us into playing an impossible ring toss.
adjectiveˈkɑrniˈkärnē dialect, informal Artful; sly. 〈非正式或方〉巧妙的；狡猾的 Finley's carny approach to baseball 芬利的巧妙棒球打法。 Example sentencesExamples - I've learned many a carny trick by listening but I've been sworn to secrecy.
OriginLate 19th century: of unknown origin. |