听声词典

circus

C 开头单词

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

     

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。

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。

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

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.

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