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circus

英['sɜːkəs] 美['sɝkəs]
  • n. 马戏;马戏团

英英释意


1. a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals;
"he ran away from home to join the circus"
2. performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals;
"the children always love to go to the circus"
3. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival;
"it was so funny it was a circus"
"the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
4. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
5. an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent;
"they used the elephants to help put up the circus"