circuses是什么意思？

circuses

• n. 马戏( circus的名词复数 )，环形广场，（用于某些地名）圆形广场，马戏表演（常在大帐篷里进行）；

例句

• Court cases involving celebrities like O . J . Simpson can become media circuses. 像辛普森这种知名人物的法庭案例, 反而成了媒体的马戏.
• " Yes, it's better in some ways , because it's close to home and circuses and all that. " “ 的确有些好处, 因为这样离家近,看马戏什么的也方便. ”
• Circuses are alluring both to children and to adults. 马戏既吸引小孩,也吸引大人.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  马戏团
  A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
  例句
  My real ambition was to work in a circus. 我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。 ...circus performers. 马戏团演员
• 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 a circus, you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.
  例句
  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。 ...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
  Circus is sometimes used as part of the name of a street which goes in a circle.
  例句
  ...Piccadilly Circus. 皮卡迪利广场