circuses

英 [ˈsɜːkəsɪz]

美 [ˈsɜrkəsəz]

n.  马戏团; 马戏表演(常在大帐篷里进行); 引人注意的人(或事); 热闹场面
circus的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 马戏团
  Acircusis a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
  1. My real ambition was to work in a circus.
     我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。
  2. ...circus performers.
     马戏团演员
  3. The circusis the show performed by these people.
     马戏；马戏(团)表演
  4. My dad took me to the circus.
     我爸爸带我去看马戏。
• N-SING 闹哄哄的人群;架势很大的活动
  If you describe a group of people or an event as acircus, you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.
  1. It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.
     这很可能会演变成媒体的一场闹剧。
  2. ...the travelling circus of political journalists.
     四处奔走的一群政治记者
• N-IN-NAMES (有时用于街道名称)环形路，环形广场，环形交叉口
  Circusis sometimes used as part of the name of a street which goes in a circle.
  1. ...Piccadilly Circus.
     皮卡迪利广场

双语例句

• Circuses in the hinterland were hilarious.
  内地的马戏团非常热闹。
• Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos.
  我们中的大部分人在吃肉，穿皮革，去马戏团和动物园的环境中长大。
• Sea lions often perform in entertainments such as circuses.
  海狮常常在诸如马戏团这一类娱乐场演出。
• However, performers dispute this, saying the creatures are born and raised in the circuses they perform in and do not know another way of life.
  然而，马戏团的表演者却不这样认为，他们说这些动物在马戏团出生、长大、训练、表演，除此之外，它们不懂得任何其他技能。
• The Council plans to ban circuses with per-forming animals.
  委员会打算禁止使用动物表演的马戏团。
• Torres said because she opposes exhibiting animals in circuses, she decided to keep her shelter closed from the public.
  Torres说，因为她反对在马戏团里展出动物，因此她的庇护所不对公众开放。
• Wild animals from the jungles, forests and seas are very popular performers in circuses and moving pictures.
  丛林、森林或海洋里的野生动物在马戏团的节目表演和动画片的制作方面非常普遍。
• Circuses don't seem to have much pulling power these days.
  现在马戏表演似乎不再有很大吸引力了。
• For a lay person, blue-sky research can appear a waste of money as it does not immediately provide the modern equivalents of bread and circuses.
  在外行人看来，理论研究似乎纯属浪费钱财，因为它不能立刻转化成像面包和马戏那样的东西。
• Circuses are alluring both to children and to adults.
  马戏既吸引小孩，也吸引大人。