circus

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈsɜː.kəs]
• 美式音标 [ˈsɝː.kəs]
• 国际音标 ['sə:kəs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.马戏团；马戏表演；竞技场；广场

词源解说

• 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的circus，意为圆，环。

词根记忆

• circ(环绕) + us→马在环形广场上钻火圈→马戏场
• circ(圆，环形) + us→环形广场

同根派生

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用法辨析

n. (名词)

• circus的基本意思是“马戏表演,马戏团”,是集合名词,当其作主语时,谓语动词可为单数,也可为复数。引申可作“喧闹的场面”解。
• circus也可作“环形广场”解,常与专有名词连用。

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• The circus is coming here next week.
  马戏团下星期来这儿。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• present 〔put on〕 a circus 表演马戏

形容词+～

• three -ring circus 热闹的场面

短语

• Piccadilly Circus 皮卡迪利圆环;皮卡迪利广场;皮卡迪里广场;皮卡地里圆环
• Oxford Circus 牛津广场;牛津街;牛津街圆环
• Strange Circus 奇异人生马戏团;奇妙马戏团;片
• Circus Maximus 马克西穆斯竞技场;大竞技场;赛马场;竞技场
• circus act 马戏节目

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (ENTERTAINMENT) a group of travelling performers including acrobats (= people skilled in difficult physical movements) or those who work with trained animals, or a performance by such people usually in a large tent
• (ATTENTION) a lot of activity and interest caused by an event or situation
• (ROAD) an open circular area where several roads join

柯林斯英英字典

• A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals that travels around to different places and performs shows.
• The circus is the show performed by these people.
• 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.

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专业释义

能源科学技术

• 马戏

地球科学

• 外轮山

天文学

• 圆谷 月面

医药科学

• 马戏团