circus
英英释意
- 1. a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals;
- "he ran away from home to join the circus"
- 2. performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals;
- "the children always love to go to the circus"
- 3. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival;
- "it was so funny it was a circus"
- "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
- 4. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- 5. an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent;
- "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"