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three-ring circus

/three-ring/US // ˈθriˌrɪŋ //

三环马戏团,三圈马戏团,三轮马戏团,三环路马戏团

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a circus having three adjacent rings in which performances take place simultaneously.
    • : something spectacular, tumultuous, entertaining, or full of confused action: Our family reunions are always three-ring circuses.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.

  • Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.

  • So I was looking back at the years, and that really popped out at me, those three years.

  • It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.

  • I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

  • There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.

  • In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).

  • It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.