| 单词 | entertainment |
| 释义 | entertainment (once / 207 pages) n Entertainment is amusement, usually involving a performance. The clown at a birthday party, a Broadway show, a stadium rock concert, your friends fighting over the last potato chip––these are all forms of entertainment. Entertainment is from the Old French word entretenir meaning hold together or support. It was associated with hospitality––when you entertained a guest, you were keeping them happy. From there, it came to mean amuse or distract. The entertainment is the amusement or the distraction––we talk about theatrical entertainment as shows, visual entertainment as the stuff you like to look at, and audio entertainment as mostly music. WORD FAMILYentertainment: entertainments+/entertain: entertained, entertainer, entertaining, entertainment, entertains/entertainer: entertainers/entertaining: entertainingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe school’s annual holiday play and volleyball games are some of the community’s primary entertainment. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Displays of Nazi symbols for commerce or entertainment also occur in mainland China, South Korea and Thailand. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) In entertainment news, “Game of Thrones” once again wins the coveted Emmy Award for Drama Series With the Most Naked People. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) n an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention Syn|Hypo|Hyper amusement beguilement, distraction an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations edutainmententertainment that is intended to be educational extravaganzaany lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment militainmententertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated night life, nightlifethe entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion showthe act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining carnival, fair, funfaira traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. dog showa competitive exhibition of dogs horseshowa competitive exhibition of horses raree-showa street show circusa performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals cabaret, floor show, floorshowa series of acts at a night club ice showany entertainment performed by ice skaters entr'acte, interlude, intermezzoa brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance display, exhibit, showingsomething shown to the public demonstration, presentation, presentmenta show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view demonstrationa show of military force or preparedness road showa show on tour sideshowa minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Wild West Showa spectacular show organized in 1883 by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale; toured the United States and Europe diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates |
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