n.[C]
- 公開展示,場面
- 景象;奇觀,壯觀
The display of fireworks on New Year's Eve was a fine
spectacle.
除夕燃放的煙火真是美妙的奇觀。
- 眼鏡[P]
wear a pair of
spectacles戴一副眼鏡
- 引人羨慕(或輕視)的人(或事物)
片語
make a spectacle of oneself
- 出洋相
She wasn't going to
make a spectacle of herself by bursting into tears in the street.
她不會丟人現眼地在街上哭的。
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’.