spectacle
n. 引人羡慕的东西, 景象, 眼镜, 场面, 公开展示
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教材释义与例句
景象；场面；奇观；壮观；公开展示；表相，假相 n.（复）眼镜
释义与例句
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An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
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The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
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An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
He made a spectacle out of himself.
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Attributive form of spectacles.
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The brille of a snake.
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A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
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From Middle English spectacle, from Middle French spectacle, from Latin spectāculum (“a show, spectacle”), from spectō (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speciō (“to see”). See species. Doublet of spectaculum.
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