circus

英 [ˈsɜːkəs]

美 [ˈsɜːrkəs]

n.  马戏团; 马戏表演(常在大帐篷里进行); 引人注意的人(或事); 热闹场面

复数：circuses　

高考CET6考研IELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6391 / COCA.6045

牛津词典

noun

• 马戏团
  a group of entertainers, sometimes with trained animals, who perform skilful or amusing acts in a show that travels around to different places
• 马戏表演（常在大帐篷里进行）
  a show performed by circus entertainers, usually in a large tent called a big top
  1. We took the children to the circus.
     我们带孩子去看了马戏表演。
• 引人注意的人（或事）；热闹场面
  a group of people or an event that attracts a lot of attention
  1. 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。
  2. the American electoral circus
     美国大选的热闹场面
• （用于某些地名）圆形广场，环形交叉路口
  (used in some place names) a round open area in a town where several streets meet
  1. Piccadilly Circus
     皮卡迪利广场
• 露天圆形竞技场
  a place like a big round outdoor theatre for public games, races, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 马戏团
  Acircusis a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
  1. My real ambition was to work in a circus.
     我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。
  2. ...circus performers.
     马戏团演员
  3. The circusis the show performed by these people.
     马戏；马戏(团)表演
  4. My dad took me to the circus.
     我爸爸带我去看马戏。
• N-SING 闹哄哄的人群;架势很大的活动
  If you describe a group of people or an event as acircus, you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the travelling circus of political journalists.
     四处奔走的一群政治记者
• N-IN-NAMES (有时用于街道名称)环形路，环形广场，环形交叉口
  Circusis sometimes used as part of the name of a street which goes in a circle.
  1. ...Piccadilly Circus.
     皮卡迪利广场

英英释义

noun

• a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
  1. the children always love to go to the circus
• a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
  1. it was so funny it was a circus
  2. the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere
  Synonym:carnival
• an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
  1. they used the elephants to help put up the circus
• (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
• a travelling company of entertainers
  1. he ran away from home to join the circus

双语例句

• What they have done is fuse two different types of entertainment, the circus and the rock concert
  他们所做的就是把马戏表演和摇滚音乐会这两种不同类型的娱乐形式糅合了起来。
• What'd you do, join the circus?
  你干什么去了，参加了马戏团？
• He described the smell as something between a circus and a seaport
  他形容那种气味介于马戏团和海港的味道之间。
• Do you know what? I'm going to the circus this afternoon.
  你知道吗？我下午要去看马戏。
• Turned into a sick, pathetic circus.
  成了病态可怜的马戏表演。
• Three years ago I ran away to Mexico to live with a circus.
  3年前我逃到墨西哥，和一个马戏团生活在一起。
• The circus is in town.
  马戏团到了城里。
• Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
  马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的。
• I'm don't you circus monkey.
  我不要你马戏团的猴子。
• The circus is coming here next week.
  马戏团下星期来这儿。