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

• The circus elephants were led into the arena.
  马戏团的大象被带入表演场地。
• Turned into a sick, pathetic circus.
  成了病态可怜的马戏表演。
• There is a Piccadilly Circus in london.
  在伦敦有个笔卡第利广场。
• But after I graduated, I joined my parents in the circus.
  但是毕业后，我加入了父母的马戏团。
• The whole town turned out to see the circus.
  倾城而出看马戏表演。
• My real ambition was to work in a circus.
  我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。
• Can I go to circus town with you?
  我可以和你一起去马戏镇嘛？
• A circus is not a circus without clowns!
  马戏团要是没有小丑就不叫马戏团了！
• 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 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。