sideshow是什么意思？

sideshow

英[ˈsaɪdʃəʊ] 美[ˈsaɪdʃoʊ]

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

复数：sideshows;

例句

• The Arsenal contingent will provide an intriguing sideshow in Lisbon. 阿森纳球员将会在里斯本上演有趣的一幕.
• Did you think you could shock me by treating me to this sideshow? 你认为用这种杂耍表演就能吓倒我 吗 ?
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  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。
• N-COUNT
  (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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event;
  "instruction is not an educational sideshow"
  2. a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)