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circus

noun
🔊/ˈsɜːkəs/
🔊/ˈsɜːrkəs/
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  1. [countable] a group of people, sometimes with trained animals, who perform acts with skill in a show that travels around to different places 马戏团
  2. the circus
     [singular] a show performed by people who are members of a circus, usually in a large tent called the big top马戏表演（常在大帐篷里进行）
    • We took the children to the circus.我们带孩子去看了马戏表演。🔊🔊
    see also flea circus
  3. [singular] (informal, disapproving) a group of people or an event that attracts a lot of attention引人注意的人（或事）；热闹场面
    • A media circus surrounded the royal couple wherever they went.无论王室夫妇走到何处，他们的身后都会跟着一大群媒体记者。🔊🔊
    • the American electoral circus美国大选的热闹场面
    see also three-ring circus
  4. [countable] (British English) (used in some place names) a round open area in a town where several streets meet（用于一些地名）圆形广场，环形交叉路口
    • Piccadilly Circus皮卡迪利广场
  5. [countable] (in ancient Rome古罗马) a place like a big round outdoor theatre for public games, races, etc.露天圆形竞技场
    6. Word Originlate Middle English (with reference to the arena of Roman antiquity): from Latin, ‘ring or circus’. The sense ‘travelling company of performers’ dates from the late 18th cent.