circus

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基本解釋

• n.馬戲團(tuán)；馬戲表演；競(jìng)技場(chǎng)；廣場(chǎng)

詞源解說

• 14世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語，直接源自拉丁語的circus，意為圓，環(huán)。

詞根記憶

• circ(環(huán)繞) + us→馬在環(huán)形廣場(chǎng)上鉆火圈→馬戲場(chǎng)
• circ(圓，環(huán)形) + us→環(huán)形廣場(chǎng)

同根派生

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用法辨析

n. (名詞)

• circus的基本意思是“馬戲表演,馬戲團(tuán)”,是集合名詞,當(dāng)其作主語時(shí),謂語動(dòng)詞可為單數(shù),也可為復(fù)數(shù)。引申可作“喧鬧的場(chǎng)面”解。
• circus也可作“環(huán)形廣場(chǎng)”解,常與專有名詞連用。

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英漢例句

用作名詞 (n.)

• The circus is coming here next week.
  馬戲團(tuán)下星期來這兒。

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詞組短語

用作名詞 (n.)

動(dòng)詞+～

• present 〔put on〕 a circus 表演馬戲

形容詞+～

• three -ring circus 熱鬧的場(chǎng)面

短語

• Piccadilly Circus 皮卡迪利圓環(huán);皮卡迪利廣場(chǎng);皮卡迪里廣場(chǎng);皮卡地里圓環(huán)
• Oxford Circus 牛津廣場(chǎng);牛津街;牛津街圓環(huán)
• Strange Circus 奇異人生馬戲團(tuán);奇妙馬戲團(tuán);片
• Circus Maximus 馬克西穆斯競(jìng)技場(chǎng);大競(jìng)技場(chǎng);賽馬場(chǎng);競(jìng)技場(chǎng)
• circus act 馬戲節(jié)目

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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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專業(yè)釋義

能源科學(xué)技術(shù)

• 馬戲

地球科學(xué)

• 外輪山

天文學(xué)

• 圓谷 月面

醫(yī)藥科學(xué)

• 馬戲團(tuán)