circus

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɜːkəs/    美 /ˈsɜːkəs/|/ˈsɝkəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — The circus will be in town next week.
  2. A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
    — Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
  3. A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place. figuratively
    — The village would be turned into a circus over this. He groaned, it was just the sort of case the media had a field day over. He had to get the whole thing sorted fast before anyone got wind of it.
  4. An undertaking or arrangement. dated,slang
    — "Right you are; I'll put him wise," undertook Nickle briskly. "After all, it's entirely your circus. Shall we stay here and—"
  5. In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing. historical
  6. 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.
  7. Circuit; space; enclosure. obsolete
    — The narrow circus of my dungeon wall.
动词 v.
  1. To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus.

词形变化

circuses plural circusses plural,rare circi plural,rare circuses present,singular,third-person circusses present,singular,third-person circusing participle,present circussing participle,present circused participle,past circused past circussed participle,past circussed past

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
circle circular

词源

词源 1
From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”).
词源 2
From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”).
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