n.[C]
- 公开展示,场面
- 景象;奇观,壮观
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The display of fireworks on New Year's Eve was a fine
spectacle.
除夕燃放的烟火真是美妙的奇观。
- 眼镜[P]
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wear a pair of
spectacles戴一副眼镜
- 引人羡慕(或轻视)的人(或事物)
短语
make a spectacle of oneself
- 出洋相
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She wasn't going to
make a spectacle of herself by bursting into tears in the street.
她不会丢人现眼地在街上哭的。
辨析
n.
a visually striking performance or display.
Phrase
- make a spectacle of oneself
draw attention to oneself by behaving in a ridiculous way in public.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. spectaculum ‘public show’, from spectare, from specere ‘to look’.