circus
英 ['sɜːkəs]
美['sɝkəs]
- n. 马戏；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"
双语例句
- 1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.
- 为了摆脱媒体的关注，这对新人在加勒比喜结连理。
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- 2. She dreamed of being a bareback rider in a circus.
- 她梦想成为马戏团中的一名无鞍马骑手。
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- 3. 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。
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- 4. Do you know what? I'm going to the circus this afternoon.
- 你知道吗？我下午要去看马戏。
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- 5. He described the smell as something between a circus and a sea-port.
- 他形容那种气味介于马戏团和海港的味道之间。
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