名詞馬戲,馬戲團; 馬戲表演(常在大帳篷里進行); 環(huán)形廣場,(用于某些地名)圓形廣場; <口>亂哄哄的熱鬧場面
circus
名詞
1. circus是什么意思
1. She took the children to the circus.
她帶孩子們?nèi)タ瘩R戲。
1. 馬戲:1768年,英國人Philip Astley將小丑表演中的喜劇成分和雜技成分融入到馬術(shù)(horsemanship)中,這種表演立刻受到歡迎,于是我們現(xiàn)在看到的馬戲(circus)誕生了.
1. 馬戲團
A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
circus
e.g. My real ambition was to work in a circus.
我的真正理想是在馬戲團工作。
e.g. ...circus performers.
馬戲團演員
2. 鬧哄哄的人群;架勢很大的活動
If you describe a group of people or an event as a circus, you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.
e.g. It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.
這很可能會演變成媒體的一場鬧劇。
e.g. ...the travelling circus of political journalists.
四處奔走的一群政治記者
3. (有時用于街道名稱)環(huán)形路,環(huán)形廣場,環(huán)形交叉口
Circus is sometimes used as part of the name of a street which goes in a circle.
e.g. ...Piccadilly Circus.
皮卡迪利廣場