专业释义英英释义
circus
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n.
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a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
"he ran away from home to join the circus"
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performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals
"the children always love to go to the circus"
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a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
"it was so funny it was a circus"
同义词： carnival
- (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
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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"
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a genus of haws comprising the harriers
同义词： genus Circus
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a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
circus /ˈsɜːkəs/ CET6 TEM4
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N-COUNT A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals that travels around to different places and performs shows. 马戏团
例：My real ambition was to work in a circus.
我真正的理想是去马戏团工作。
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N-SING The circus is the show performed by these people. 马戏
例：My dad took me to the circus.
我爸爸带我去看马戏。
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N-SING 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. 闹剧 [表不满]
例：It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.
这很可能会发展成某种媒体闹剧。
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