英:['deədevəlrɪ]
美:['derdevəlrɪ]
英:['deədevəlrɪ]
美:['derdevəlrɪ]
The first known use of daredevil was in 1727
darkenverb
to make or grow dark or darker
the sky darkened
to make or become gloomy or forbidding
her face darkened in anger
darkenverb
to make or grow dark or darker
the sky darkened
to make or become gloomy or forbidding
her face darkened in anger
daring1 of 2adjective
ready to take risks
daring2 of 2noun
fearless boldness
daring1 of 2adjective
ready to take risks
daring2 of 2noun
fearless boldness
daredevilnoun
a recklessly bold person
1 Repeatedly, Hansard reveals himself as a fearless, original thinker, and the daredevilry doesn’t always work.
2 Though they came from the post-Bowie period of his work, their ingredients of androgyny, camp and daredevilry now seem closely akin to Bowie.
3 There were feats of strength and daredevilry, supported, if at all, by the most minimal of props.
4 William is three dimensional but not exactly realistic; besides the daredevilry and naive silliness, he has a wild imagination, and a magnificent line in sulky rhetoric.
5 His fatal launch was apparently general daredevilry and not an attempt to gather data for flatearthism.
6 Turning placid audience members into cheering spectators demands a mix of daredevilry and preparation.
7 that little daredevil has broken an arm and an ankle this year alone
8 Doing something ever-more daring, he says, is the way to be successful in the daredevilry business.
9 They had to perform an act similar to daredevilry, which is, to extract and detoxify venom from a snake without being bitten.
10 It isn’t the cream of the crop — that would be “Scarlet Street,” “Rancho Notorious” and “The Big Heat” — though it has its attractions, including Cooper’s aw-shucks daredevilry.
11 In 1998, the casino became the backdrop to daredevil showman Robbie Knievel’s record-breaking motorcycle jump, soaring to 231 feet (70 meters) over a row of 30 limousines.
12 Whether you take Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers as art, daredevilry, or madness, it’s hard to deny the awe it inspired.
13 As a record of raw Broadway talent, there may never be a greater cast album than the one on which Barbra Streisand, at 21, was captured in a state of wild, almost feral daredevilry.
14 They may also be some of the best, if your idea of skillful driving is expansive enough to include the lawlessness and daredevilry that Dhaka demands.
15 They would congregate in noisy groups, talk with furious energy, and smoke Virginia cigarettes with an air of daredevilry.
16 It might remind her of the low-tech wonders she created for The Lion King but largely abandoned for the high-tech daredevilry of Spider-Man.
17 Two people in New Jersey abandoned their pickup truck in a frozen river with a dog inside, after an attempt at some winter daredevilry went awry.
18 Although in posts Moorthy described herself as “a fan of daredevilry” and an “adrenaline junky”, friends and family said the married couple were usually very cautious.
19 Yet Aristide regarded it with glowing pride and drove it with such daredevilry that the parts must have held together only through sheer breathless wonder.
20 The boldest walked in ankle-deep and danced in daredevilry, and soon young and old were gambolling uncouthly, tasting the sea's quality, shouting and splashing.