circus
n. 马戏团, 马戏, 竞技场
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教材释义与例句
马戏；马戏团
a group of people and animals who travel to different places performing skilful tricks as entertainment
My real ambition was to work in a circus.
我真正的理想是去马戏团工作。
释义与例句
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1.
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
马戏团
马戏场
杂技场
The circus will be in town next week.
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2.
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
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A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
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An undertaking or arrangement.
过时 俚语1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London "Right you are; I'll put him wise," undertook Nickle briskly. "After all, it's entirely your circus. Shall we stay here and—"
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In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
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A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
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Circuit; space; enclosure.
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1.
To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus.
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From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”).
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