circus

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals that travels around to different places and performs shows. 馬戲團(tuán)
My real ambition was to work in a circus. 我真正的理想是去馬戲團(tuán)工作。
2. N-SING The circus is the show performed by these people. 馬戲
My dad took me to the circus. 我爸爸帶我去看馬戲。
3. N-SING 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. 鬧劇[表不滿]
It could well turn into some kind of a media circus. 這很可能會(huì)發(fā)展成某種媒體鬧劇。