spectacle是什么意思？

spectacle

英[ˈspektəkl] 美[ˈspɛktəkəl]

• n. 眼镜，奇观，壮观，光景，景象，表演，场面；

复数：spectacles;

例句

• a woeful spectacle 悲惨的景象
• The spectacle of Xerxes’s defeat tremendously reinforced the traditional conviction that pride goes before a fall. 泽克西斯战败的景象极其使人信服“骄兵必败”这句源远流长的老话。
• The spectacle greatly excited us at the time. 当时那场面令我们十分激动。
• I need to buy new spectacle frames but I will keep the old lenses. 我需要买新的眼镜框, 不过我会留着旧镜片。
• As it happens to thee in the amphitheatre and such places, that the continual sight of the same things and the uniformity make the spectacle wearisome, so it is in the whole of life; for all things above, below, are the same and from the same. 在圆形剧场里或其它类似的地方，同样的事物反复出现使你觉得展示十分乏味，人的一生也是如此，天空、大地，都是一样，都源自同一。
• Viewed from the top of Mount Tai , the sunrise was indeed a spectacle. 从泰山顶上看去, 日出真是个奇观.
• The opening ceremony was a fine spectacle. 开幕式典礼是个壮观的场面.
• Hangings took place outside the prison as a public spectacle. 在监狱外执行绞刑是为了示众.
• A blaspheming Frenchman is a spectacle more pleasing to the Lord than a praying Englishman. 对上帝来说,正在亵渎神灵的法国人比在祈祷中的英国人,是更为可爱的情景.
• The spectacle was so dazzlingly beautiful that it beggared description. 这景象美极了,简直无法形容.

同义词

• n.
  spectacle的同义词之：壮观的场面;景象
  show, display, sight, exhibition, pageant,
• spectacle的同义词之：其他释义
  exhibition, pageant, performance, pomp, curiosity, miracle, phenomenon, marvel, sight, monster, play, prospect, show, display,

词组

• make a spectacle of oneself
  draw attention to oneself by behaving in a ridiculous way in public 使自己出丑；出洋相

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PLURAL
  眼镜
  Glasses are sometimes referred to as spectacles .
  例句
  He looked at me over the tops of his spectacles. 他从眼镜框的上方看了看我。 ...thick spectacle frames. 厚厚的眼镜框
• N-COUNT
  奇异的景象;有趣的场面
  A spectacle is a strange or interesting sight.
  例句
  It was a spectacle not to be missed. 这是个不容错过的奇观。
• N-VAR
  盛大的演出;壮观的场面
  A spectacle is a grand and impressive event or performance.
  例句
  94,000 people turned up for the spectacle. 94,000 人参加了这一盛大活动。 ...a director passionate about music and spectacle. 对音乐和盛大演出充满激情的指挥

英汉词典释义

• n.
  壮观的场面或景象
  The spectacle greatly excited us at the time. 当时那场面令我们十分激动。
  眼镜
  People wear spectacles so that they can see better. 人们戴眼镜是为了看得更清楚。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight);
  "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"
  2. an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
  3. a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself