Spectacle

['spektək(ə)l] or ['spɛktəkl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself.

(noun.) an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale.

(noun.) something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); 'the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape'.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.

(n.) A spy-glass; a looking-glass.

(n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.

(n.) Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Show, exhibition, sight, scene, representation, display, pageant, parade.[2]. Curiosity, wonder, marvel, phenomenon.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Sight, exhibition, display, parade, demonstration, picture, scene, representation,gazingstock, show, pageant, flourish

ANT:Nondemonstration, noncelebration

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解釋/意思:

n. a sight: show a pageant exhibition: (pl.) a pair of lenses mounted in frames to assist the sight aids to mental vision: a marking resembling spectacles as in the cobra.—adjs. Spec′tacled wearing spectacles: marked like spectacles as the bear cobra &c.; Spectac′ular marked by display.—n. Spectacular′ity.—adv. Spectac′ularly.

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