transcription, транскрипция: [ sɜ:(r)kəs ]
( circuses)
1.
A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
My real ambition was to work in a circus.
...circus performers.
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The circus is the show performed by these people.
My dad took me to the circus.
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2.
If you describe a group of people or an event as a circus , you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.
It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.
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