| 单词 | three-ring circus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-ring circus three-ring circus n. (also three-ringed circus) a circus having three rings; hence figurative, a showy or extravagant spectacle; a scene of confusion or disorder; cf. one-ring circus n. at one adj., n., and pron. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a scene or place of confusion Troy-banea1520 Troy-towna1520 whirlpool?1529 Babel1537 whirlwind1714 jungle1850 morass1867 Troy-fair1870 three-ring circus1898 monkey house1910 madhouse1917 amateur night1937 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun] > instance or scene of theatrics1807 pyrotechnics1869 three-ring circus1898 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena circus1791 cirque1845 three-ring circus1898 one-ring circus1907 1898 B. Matthews Outl. in Local Color 145 What good is a three-ringed circus to anybody, except the boss of it? 1904 Everybody's Mag. Aug. 161/2 A Barnum three-ring circus compared to Henry H. Rogers's exhibitions. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ in McClure's Mag. Apr. 613/2 They commenced to scramble down, and for awhile we had a three-ringed circus. 1914 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 394 I can see lots of things from here. It's like a three-ring circus! 1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael v. iii. 255 She was lovely and strange and agitating, but he did not want to turn his life into a three-ring circus. 1955 C. Hastings Uncertain Joy in Plays of Year XII. 243 Good God—is that all this three-ring circus is about? 1981 D. Clark Roast Eggs viii. 159 Don't m'lud me... You turned my court into a damned three-ring circus. < as lemmas |
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