circus
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈsɜː.kəs]
- 美式音标 [ˈsɝː.kəs]
- 国际音标 ['sə:kəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.马戏团;马戏表演;竞技场;广场
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的circus,意为圆,环。
词根记忆
- circ(环绕) + us→马在环形广场上钻火圈→马戏场
- circ(圆,环形) + us→环形广场
用法辨析
- circus的基本意思是“马戏表演,马戏团”,是集合名词,当其作主语时,谓语动词可为单数,也可为复数。引申可作“喧闹的场面”解。
- circus也可作“环形广场”解,常与专有名词连用。
n. (名词)
词组短语
- present 〔put on〕 a circus 表演马戏
- three -ring circus 热闹的场面
- Piccadilly Circus 皮卡迪利圆环;皮卡迪利广场;皮卡迪里广场;皮卡地里圆环
- Oxford Circus 牛津广场;牛津街;牛津街圆环
- Strange Circus 奇异人生马戏团;奇妙马戏团;片
- Circus Maximus 马克西穆斯竞技场;大竞技场;赛马场;竞技场
- circus act 马戏节目
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
形容词+~
短语
英英字典
- (ENTERTAINMENT) a group of travelling performers including acrobats (= people skilled in difficult physical movements) or those who work with trained animals, or a performance by such people usually in a large tent
- (ATTENTION) a lot of activity and interest caused by an event or situation
- (ROAD) an open circular area where several roads join
- A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals that travels around to different places and performs shows.
- The circus is the show performed by these people.
- 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.
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专业释义
- 马戏
- 外轮山
- 圆谷 月面
- 马戏团