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Circus Group 英[ˈsɜ:Kəs 美[ˈsɜrkəs N.马戏,马戏团;马戏表演(常在大帐篷里进行);环形广场,(用于某些地名)圆形广场;<口>乱哄哄的热闹场面 N Count 马戏团 Consists

单词 circus
音标
英[ˈsɜ:kəs] 美[ˈsɜrkəs]
解释
n.马戏,马戏团;马戏表演(常在大帐篷里进行);环形广场,(用于某些地名)圆形广场;<口>乱哄哄的热闹场面;
例句

N-COUNT
马戏团
A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
例:My real ambition was to work in a circus.我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。
例:...circus performers.马戏团演员

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 a circus, you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.
例: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。
例:...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
Circus is sometimes used as part of the name of a street which goes in a circle.
例:...Piccadilly Circus.皮卡迪利广场
变形
pl:circuses~

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