Word · Frequency #6391
Fully loadedcircus
马戏团
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
常包括动物表演
- 1.
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
一个巡回演出的表演团体,可能包括杂技演员、小丑、训练有素的动物和其他新奇表演,通常在圆形帐篷中进行表演。
- 2.
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
旅行表演团,包括驯兽
- 3.
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
城镇或城市中多条街道交汇的圆形开放空间。
- 4.
a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
由杂技演员、小丑和驯兽组成的旅行表演团的演出
- 5.
A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
一种景象;喧闹的骚动;混乱和/或拥挤的地方。
- 6.
a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
混乱无序(常带喜剧色彩)的骚动,类似大型公共娱乐活动
- 7.
A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
白天带有战斗机护航的轰炸攻击的代号。这些攻击针对短程目标,目的是吸引敌方战斗机并使其战斗机部队留在相关区域。
马戏表演;热闹的场面;一个巡回演出的表演团体,可能包括杂技演员、小丑、训练有素的动物和其他新奇表演,通常在圆形帐篷中进行表演。;旅行表演团,包括驯兽;城镇或城市中多条街道交汇的圆形开放空间。
In use
The children were thrilled to see the lions and clowns at the circus.
The circus travels from town to town, setting up its big tent for a few days.
The newsroom was a complete circus after the election results leaked.
he ran away from home to join the circus
the children always love to go to the circus
it was so funny it was a circus
go to the circus
The children want to go to the circus.
孩子们想去看马戏团表演。
circus performer
Connections
Collocations
- at the circus
- 在马戏团
- The children had a wonderful time at the circus.孩子们在马戏团度过了美好的时光。
- circus act
- 马戏表演节目
- The tightrope walker was the most thrilling circus act.走钢丝的人是最激动人心的马戏表演节目。
- circus performer
- 马戏团演员
- The circus performers include acrobats, clowns, and jugglers.马戏团演员包括杂技演员、小丑和杂耍艺人。
- three-ring circus
- 三环马戏团;热闹混乱的场面
- The office turned into a three-ring circus during the audit.审计期间办公室变成了一个热闹混乱的场面。
- circus tent
- 马戏团帐篷
- The big top circus tent was erected in the town square.那个大马戏团帐篷搭建在镇广场上。
- run away to join the circus
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 circus 中的 circ 意为圆圈,马戏团表演常在圆形场地。
Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: entertainment, public event; note_zh: 通常用于描述马戏团表演或相关场合,语域中性,适用于多种日常语境。
Grammar Note
可数名词,复数形式为circuses
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with 'circus' (which ends in /kəs/). All share the -us spelling but have different vowel sounds: 'focus' has /oʊ/, 'cactus' has /æ/, 'lotus' has /oʊ/, 'mucus' has /juː/, 'minus' has /aɪ/, 'bonus' has /oʊ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.