sideshows

英 [ˈsaɪdʃəʊz]

美 [ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊz]

n.  (游园会或马戏中穿插的)小节目，杂耍; 次要活动; 附带事件
sideshow的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 次要活动;附带事件;附属活动
  Asideshowis a less important or less significant event or situation related to a larger, more important one that is happening at the same time.
  1. In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday...
     最终，那次会议成了星期四爆发的政治风暴的一个附属事件。
  2. Radio work for him was very much a sideshow.
     对他来说电台的工作只是顺便做做而已。
• N-COUNT (马戏或游园会中穿插的)小节目，助兴表演,杂耍
  At a circus or fair, asideshowis a performance that you watch or a game of skill that you play, that is provided in addition to the main entertainment.
  1. Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players.
     锦标赛上的助兴节目包括高地舞蹈和万洛克黑德剧社上演的一部剧。

双语例句

• Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players.
  锦标赛上的助兴节目包括高地舞蹈和万洛克黑德剧社上演的一部剧。
• A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc..
  一种游动的表演；具有杂耍和骑车和技能游戏。
• Several men stood outside the ground, touting for the various sideshows.
  好几个人站在场外，为正在演出的各类杂耍招徕观众。
• So, you film these sideshows?
  所以你把比赛录了下来？
• We are not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers, Mr Obama said on Wednesday. We do not have time for this kind of silliness.
  如果我们被杂耍表演和狂欢节拉客者分散注意力，我们将无法解决我们的问题，奥巴马周三表示。我们没有时间可以浪费在这种蠢事上。
• Italian theatrics aside, the vote today and its outcome are really just one of the many sideshows in the long-running European sovereign debt crisis.
  撇开意大利这出大戏不谈，周二的投票及其结果只是旷日持久的欧洲主权债务危机众多插曲中的一个。
• The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located.
  在商品交易会、狂欢节所在地提供杂耍表演和类似的娱乐活动的地方。