单词 | circus-master |
释义 | > as lemmascircus-master C1. attributive and in other combinations, as circus-bench, circus-horse, circus-master, circus-rider, circus-ring, circus-trick, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena > ring circle1623 circus-ring1869 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 972 A circus-bench, capable of accommodating forty persons. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. liii. 299 A circus master following a horse. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxx. 324 In the centre of the great circus ring..was a torn and ragged upheaval a hundred feet high. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. iii. 65 One of those sleeveless, legless, circus-rider's tunics. 1917 W. Owen Let. 4 Feb. (1967) 431 Cantering round..and doing all kinds of circus tricks. 1967 O. Ruhen in Coast to Coast 1965–6 191 I put my palomino through one of her circus tricks. < as lemmas |
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