spectacle

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

spectacles

1.
An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
2.
An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
He made a spectacle out of himself.
3.
(attributive, form of)Attributive form of spectacles.
4.
The brille of a snake.
5.
(rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

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Đồng nghĩa

pageant showeyeglassesglasses specsoptical instrument glasses, eyeglasses, specs

Cùng gốc / liên quan

minispectaclespectacled spectacleless spectaclelike spectaclemaker spectaclemaking bespectacledcounterspectaclemake a public spectacle of oneselfmake a spectacle of oneselfspectacle casespectacles, testicles, wallet and watchsuperspectaclespecies spectacular speculate

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English spectacle, from Middle French spectacle, from Latin spectāculum (a show, spectacle), from spectō (to see, behold), frequentative of speciō (to see). See species. spectaculum.