circus
英 ['sɜːkəs]
美['sɝkəs]
- n. 马戏；马戏团
词态变化
复数: circuses;
中文词源
circus 马戏团
来自PIE*sker,转，围，圈，词源同ring,circle.原指古罗马圆形斗牛场，后指马戏团。
英英释意
- 1. a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals;
- "he ran away from home to join the circus"
- 2. performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals;
- "the children always love to go to the circus"
- 3. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival;
- "it was so funny it was a circus"
- "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
- 4. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- 5. an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent;
- "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"
英文词源
- circus
- circus: [16] Latin circus meant literally ‘ring, circle’, but it was applied metaphorically by the Romans to the circular arena in which performances and contests were held. That was the original signification of the word in English, applied in a strictly antiquarian sense to the ancient world, and it was not until the late 18th century that it began to be used for any circular arena and the entertainment staged therein.
The Latin word is related to, and may have come from, Greek kírkos; and it is also connected with Latin curvus, source of English curve. It has additionally been linked with Latin corōna ‘circlet’, from which English gets crown. And it is of course, via its accusative form circum, the starting point of a wide range of English words with the prefix circum-, from circumference to circumvent (in this category is circuit [14], which goes back to an original Latin compound verb circumīre, literally ‘go round’).
=> circle, circuit, circulate, crown, curve, search - circus (n.)
- late 14c., in reference to ancient Rome, from Latin circus "ring, circular line," which was applied by Romans to circular arenas for performances and contests and oval courses for racing (especially the Circus Maximus), from or cognate with Greek kirkos "a circle, a ring," from PIE *kirk- from root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend" (see ring (n.)).
In reference to modern large arenas for performances from 1791; sense then extended to the performing company, hence "traveling show" (originally traveling circus, 1838). Extended in World War I to squadrons of military aircraft. Meaning "lively uproar, chaotic hubbub" is from 1869. Sense in Picadilly Circus and other place names is from early 18c. sense "buildings arranged in a ring," also "circular road." The adjective form is circensian.
实用场景例句
- We took the children to the circus.
- 我们带孩子去看了马戏表演。
牛津词典
- A media circus surrounded the royal couple wherever they went.
- 无论王室夫妇走到何处，他们的身后都会跟着一大群媒体记者。
牛津词典
- the American electoral circus
- 美国大选的热闹场面
牛津词典
- Piccadilly Circus
- 皮卡迪利广场
牛津词典
- My real ambition was to work in a circus.
- 我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...circus performers.
- 马戏团演员
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.
- 这很可能会演变成媒体的一场闹剧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the travelling circus of political journalists.
- 四处奔走的一群政治记者
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...Piccadilly Circus.
- 皮卡迪利广场
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When the circus hit town, Aram promptly laid out from school.
- 马戏团一来到镇上, 阿拉姆马上就逃学.
期刊摘选
- The whole town turned out to see the circus.
- 倾城而出看马戏表演.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There is a Piccadilly Circus in London.
- 在伦敦有个皮卡迪利广场.
《简明英汉词典》
- I used to like the clowns best at the circus.
- 我以前在马戏里最爱看小丑.
《简明英汉词典》
- A circus show entertains children.
- 马戏表演使孩子们兴高采烈.
《简明英汉词典》
- I was always fascinated by the acrobats at the circus.
- 我总是着迷于马戏团里的杂技演员.
《简明英汉词典》
- The children begged their father to take them to the circus until he caved in.
- 孩子们请求父亲带他们去看马戏团,直到他让步为止.
《简明英汉词典》
- The children were spellbound by the circus performance.
- 孩子们被马戏表演迷住了.
《简明英汉词典》
- Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
- 马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The circus is coming here next week.
- 马戏团下星期来这儿.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is an animal trainer for the circus.
- 他是马戏团的驯兽师.
《简明英汉词典》
- The circus elephants were led into the arena.
- 马戏团的大象被带入表演场地.
《简明英汉词典》
- Last Chrismas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates , decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.
- 去年圣诞节, 马戏团老板 吉米·盖茨 决定给儿童医院送些礼物.
《用法词典》
- At the circus the children were all eyes.
- 看马戏表演时孩子们全神贯注.
《简明英汉词典》
- They took us to the circus.
- 他们带我们去看马戏.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The circus is in town.
- 马戏团到了城里.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The circus placarded the city with advertisements.
- 马戏团满城张贴广告.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- We took the children to the circus.
- 我们带孩子去看了马戏表演。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- It's been like Piccadilly Circus in this house all morning.
- 这房子里整个上午都忙乱得像皮卡迪利广场。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》