spectacle

spectacle
noun
  1. a visually striking performance or display
    壮观；惊人的表演（或展示）
    the acrobatic feats make a good spectacle.
    那些杂技绝活表演得太精彩了。
    [mass noun]the show is pure spectacle.
    这场表演真是壮观。
    ■an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact
    壮观的事件；壮观场面
    the spectacle of a city's mass grief.
    整个城市都陷入悲伤的奇特景象。
常用词组
make a spectacle of oneself
  1. draw attention to oneself by behaving in a ridiculous way in public
    使自己出丑；出洋相
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin spectaculum 'public show', from spectare, frequentative of specere 'to look'
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