circus
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?s??.k?s]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?s??.k?s]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) ['s?:k?s]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
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(shuō)
- 14世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語(yǔ)，直接源自拉丁語(yǔ)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)
用法辨析
- 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(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)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。
n. (名詞)
詞組短語(yǔ)
- present 〔put on〕 a circus 表演馬戲
- three -ring circus 熱鬧的場(chǎng)面
- 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
用作名詞 (n.)
動(dòng)詞+～
形容詞+～
短語(yǔ)
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
- 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.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 馬戲
- 外輪山
- 圓谷 月面
- 馬戲團(tuán)