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Sideshow N Show Saidʃəu N.杂耍,穿插表演 英 杂耍,穿插表演(A Separate

单词 sideshow
音标 ['saidʃəu]
解释 n.杂耍,穿插表演
红宝书 【英】 n. 杂耍,穿插表演(a separate small show at a circus)
字源 sideshow (n.)
also side-show, 1855, "minor exhibition alongside or near a principal one," apparently a coinage of P.T. Barnum's, from side (adj.) + show (n.). Hence, any diversion or distracting event.
不择手段背单词 n. 穿插表演(在马戏表演中的附加提供的小表演); 附属事件
【记】side, show: 旁边的表演-不重要的表演-穿插表演
【参】sidesplitting(adj 极度可笑的)使人的肚子side边上都split裂了
趣味全助记 【记】不是前面的主要舞台,而是侧面的分舞台

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