circus
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?s??.k?s]
- 美式音標 [?s??.k?s]
- 國際音標 ['s?:k?s]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.馬戲團；馬戲表演；競技場；廣場
詞源解說
- 14世紀晚期進入英語，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)形廣場上鉆火圈→馬戲場
- circ(圓，環(huán)形) + us→環(huán)形廣場
用法辨析
- circus的基本意思是“馬戲表演,馬戲團”,是集合名詞,當其作主語時,謂語動詞可為單數(shù),也可為復數(shù)。引申可作“喧鬧的場面”解。
- circus也可作“環(huán)形廣場”解,常與專有名詞連用。
n. (名詞)
詞組短語
- present 〔put on〕 a circus 表演馬戲
- three -ring circus 熱鬧的場面
- Piccadilly Circus 皮卡迪利圓環(huán);皮卡迪利廣場;皮卡迪里廣場;皮卡地里圓環(huán)
- Oxford Circus 牛津廣場;牛津街;牛津街圓環(huán)
- Strange Circus 奇異人生馬戲團;奇妙馬戲團;片
- Circus Maximus 馬克西穆斯競技場;大競技場;賽馬場;競技場
- circus act 馬戲節(jié)目
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
形容詞+～
短語
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.
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專業(yè)釋義
- 馬戲
- 外輪山
- 圓谷 月面
- 馬戲團