单词 | spectacle |
释义 | spec·ta·cle (spĕktə-kəl) n. 1. a. Something that can be seen or viewed, especially something of a remarkable or impressive nature. b. A public performance or display, especially one on a large or lavish scale. c. A regrettable public display, as of bad behavior: drank too much and made a spectacle of himself. 2. spectacles a. A pair of eyeglasses. b. Something resembling eyeglasses in shape or suggesting them in function. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin spectāculum, from spectāre, to watch, frequentative of specere, to look at; see spek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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