sideshow
英 ['saɪdʃəʊ]
美 ['saɪdʃo]
英文詞源
- sideshow (n.)
- also side-show, 1855, "minor exhibition alongside or near a principal one," apparently a coinage of P.T. Barnum's, from side (adj.) + show (n.). Hence, any diversion or distracting event.
雙語例句
- 1. Radio work for him was very much a sideshow.
- 對他來說電台的工作隻是順便做做而已。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday.
- 最終，那次會議成了星期四爆發的政治風暴的一個附屬事件。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Did you think you could shock me by treating me to this sideshow?
- 你認為用這種雜耍表演就能嚇倒我 嗎 ?
來自電影對白
- 4. The Arsenal contingent will provide an intriguing sideshow in Lisbon.
- 阿森納球員將會在裏斯本上演有趣的一幕.
來自互聯網
- 5. Suddenly, everything we so carefully planned has been turned into a sideshow.
- 突然間, 我們小心謹慎計劃的一切,反而變成次要的過場戲了.
來自互聯網