spectacle
/ˈspektəkl/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。
1.1
- 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.
满城一片悲伤的凄惨景象。
短语
make a spectacle of oneself
- draw attention to oneself by behaving in a ridiculous way in public使自己出丑; 出洋相。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin spectaculum 'public show', from spectare, frequentative of specere 'to look'.