circuses

英 [ˈsɜːkəsɪz]

美 [ˈsɜrkəsəz]

n.  马戏团; 马戏表演(常在大帐篷里进行); 引人注意的人(或事); 热闹场面
circus的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 马戏团
  Acircusis a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
  1. My real ambition was to work in a circus.
     我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。
  2. ...circus performers.
     马戏团演员
  3. The circusis the show performed by these people.
     马戏；马戏(团)表演
  4. My dad took me to the circus.
     我爸爸带我去看马戏。
• N-SING 闹哄哄的人群;架势很大的活动
  If you describe a group of people or an event as acircus, you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.
  1. It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.
     这很可能会演变成媒体的一场闹剧。
  2. ...the travelling circus of political journalists.
     四处奔走的一群政治记者
• N-IN-NAMES (有时用于街道名称)环形路，环形广场，环形交叉口
  Circusis sometimes used as part of the name of a street which goes in a circle.
  1. ...Piccadilly Circus.
     皮卡迪利广场

双语例句

• Wild animals from the jungles, forests and seas are very popular performers in circuses and moving pictures.
  丛林、森林或海洋里的野生动物在马戏团的节目表演和动画片的制作方面非常普遍。
• The Council plans to ban circuses with per-forming animals.
  委员会打算禁止使用动物表演的马戏团。
• An open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses.
  举行露天集市或展览或表演马戏的露天的地方。
• Tigers jumping through flames, horses rearing elegantly and elephants standing on their hind legs-animals have played a large role in Mexican circuses for generations.
  老虎跳火圈，马群腾立表演，大象后腿站立多年来，这些动物们在墨西哥马戏团的表演中发挥了巨大的作用。
• Torres said because she opposes exhibiting animals in circuses, she decided to keep her shelter closed from the public.
  Torres说，因为她反对在马戏团里展出动物，因此她的庇护所不对公众开放。
• However, performers dispute this, saying the creatures are born and raised in the circuses they perform in and do not know another way of life.
  然而，马戏团的表演者却不这样认为，他们说这些动物在马戏团出生、长大、训练、表演，除此之外，它们不懂得任何其他技能。
• Sea lions often perform in entertainments such as circuses.
  海狮常常在诸如马戏团这一类娱乐场演出。
• Yes, it's better in some ways, because it's close to home and circuses and all that.
  的确有些好处，因为这样离家近，看马戏什么的也方便。
• Circuses are alluring both to children and to adults.
  马戏既吸引小孩，也吸引大人。
• To-day, there are brand-new, wide streets, arenas, circuses, hippodromes, railway stations, and a prison, Mazas, there; progress, as the reader sees, with its antidote.
  今天在这一带是全新的大街、竞技场、马戏场、跑马场、火车起点站、一所名为马扎斯的监狱，足见进步不离刑罚。