Dictionary entry

Circus

Pronunciation: /ˈsəːkəs/

Pronunciation

/ˈsəːkəs/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဆပ်ကပ်ပွဲ။

Definition

circus /'sɜ:kǝs/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ဆပ္ကပ္အဖြဲ႕။ circus performers/acrobats/clowns ❍ circus elephants. (ခ) the circus [sing] ဆပ္ကပ္ျပပြဲ။ go to the circus. ၂။ [C] (infml) ကြၽက္ကြၽက္ညံလူသိုက္။ the media circus (ie a gathering of journalists, etc). ၃။ [C] ( Brit ) (လမ္းေလးခြမက ဆံုရာ) ၿမိဳ႕တြင္းလမ္းဆံု။ Piccadilly Circus. Compare ROUNDABOUT n ၁ ၄။ [C] (ေရွးေရာမေခတ္) အမ်ားျပည္သူမ်ား ပါဝင္ ေသာ ကစားခုန္စားပြဲမ်ားက်င္းပရာ လဟာျပင္။

Examples

  1. Can we go to the circus tomorrow?
  2. The kids want us to take them to the circus again.
  3. A circus acrobat/performer/animal/tent
  4. [a circus act] : A high-wire circus act
  5. [a media circus] : Some celebrities complained that the awards ceremony has become a media circus.
  6. Piccadilly Circus