Circus

(noun.) a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals; 'the children always love to go to the circus'.

(noun.) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; 'it was so funny it was a circus'; 'the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere'.

(noun.) a genus of haws comprising the harriers.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games.

(noun.) a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals; 'he ran away from home to join the circus'.

手打:梅尔瓦

• We were peeping at the circus,' muttered Louisa, haughtily, without lifting up her eyes, 'and father caught us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• You know I'm not the kind to sit in a crowd and jaw--I'd always rather clear out when that sort of circus is going on. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I have seen photographs and also I have seen them in the Circus of Price. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Ashore, it was--well, it was an eternal circus. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I have never seen a Negro except in a circus. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It fits like a circus tent, and a woman's head is hidden away in it like the man's who prompts the singers from his tin shed in the stage of an opera. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• You know, as well as I do, no young people have circus masters, or keep circuses in cabinets, or attend lectures about circuses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Then a little later I saw another--I think it was one of Brush’s make--and the whole outfit, engine, dynamo, and one or two lamps, was traveling around the country with a circus. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Five minutes later we were in the street, walking towards Regent's Circus. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He hurried at his top speed down Baker Street and along Oxford Street, until we had almost reached Regent Circus. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• When the circus commenced, the gang that was standing around ran out precipitately, and I guess some of them kept running for a block or two. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This done, they walked about, waiting for the Circus to be quite vacated; not only by the audience, but by the company and by the horses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• An impromptu circus, fox and geese, and an amicable game of croquet finished the afternoon. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The first thing they saw on entering the town was the skeleton of Sleary's Circus. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I thought of father's old circus. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• What can you possibly want to know of circuses then? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Of all the circuses since Adam was born, we had the worst then! 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• You know, as well as I do, no young people have circus masters, or keep circuses in cabinets, or attend lectures about circuses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Those who to-day bear the brunt of our evils dare not throw themselves upon the mercy of their masters, not though there are bread and circuses as a reward. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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