请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sideshow
释义

sideshow

noun

side·​show ˈsīd-ˌshō How to pronounce sideshow (audio)
1
: a minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition (as of a circus)
2
: an incidental diversion or spectacle

Example Sentences

Their disagreement is just a political sideshow when compared to the real issues at hand.
Recent Examples on the Web Contingent prophecy is really a sideshow in the deadly serious game that is literature. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 The main stage will have burlesque performances from Maxi Millions and Cervena Fox and a circus sideshow act from husband-and-wife team Captain and Maybelle. Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022 Both parties have an incentive to reach an out-of-court settlement and avoid a time-consuming, costly and embarrassing sideshow. Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 July 2022 San Jose police issued about 500 citations and recovered two firearms after shutting down an alleged sideshow event on Saturday night, authorities said. Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2022 Lane Kiffin’s tweets are a sideshow masking a cerebral coach College football’s most interesting coach also ranks among its most polarizing. Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 Live music all day every day, plus fire breathers, drag and burlesque shows, carnival sideshow and more. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 June 2022 My relationship had been made into a sideshow, a complete circus. Greg Braxtonsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 More than 200 vehicles gathered near the E. Alma Avenue and S. 10th Street intersection at about 11 p.m. for what police described as a sideshow, the San Jose Police Department tweeted Sunday. Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sideshow

noun

side·​show ˈsīd-ˌshō How to pronounce sideshow (audio)
: a small show off to the side of a main show or exhibition (as of a circus)
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/12 16:14:59