| 单词 | big top |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig top big top n. (also with capital initials) originally U.S. the main tent of a circus; (by metonymy) the circus; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena > tent big tent1843 big top1889 top1931 1889 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 31 Jan. 4/3 Just got up the tents, and was at the big top when the cyclone came. 1946 Univ. of Chicago Mag. Dec. 9/2 The fact is that he was not really a good showman under the academic big-top. 1994 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Feb. s4 I lament the decline of Big Top also and regret that their visits are so few and far between. 1999 P. Quarrington Spirit Cabinet xxii. 269 Arranged around the big top were several small tents—‘blow-offs’, in the argot of the trade. < as lemmas |
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