Sideshows是什么意思？

Sideshows

• n. （正戏中的）穿插表演( sideshow的名词复数 )，附带游乐项目，附带事件或活动，次要问题或事情；

例句

• A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows. 一种流动的娱乐演出.通常包括旋转木马, 各种游戏, 以及穿插表演.
• The sideshows will fetch in the people as well. 幕间穿插的表演同样可以招徕看客.
• Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players. 锦标赛上的助兴节目包括高地舞蹈和万洛克黑德剧社上演的一部剧。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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  次要活动;附带事件;附属活动
  A sideshow is a less important or less significant event or situation related to a larger, more important one that is happening at the same time.
  例句
  In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday... 最终，那次会议成了星期四爆发的政治风暴的一个附属事件。 Radio work for him was very much a sideshow. 对他来说电台的工作只是顺便做做而已。
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  (马戏或游园会中穿插的)小节目，助兴表演,杂耍
  At a circus or fair, a sideshow is a performance that you watch or a game of skill that you play, that is provided in addition to the main entertainment.
  例句
  Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players. 锦标赛上的助兴节目包括高地舞蹈和万洛克黑德剧社上演的一部剧。