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A spectacle is something big and impressive to look at - a show, a huge parade, or an sports event can all be called a spectacle. It can also be used a little negatively: if someone shouts and cries in public, you might say they 'made a spectacle of themselves', meaning they themselves in front of everyone. There's an older meaning too - 'spectacles' (always plural) is an old-fashioned word for glasses, the kind you wear on your eyes, though today most people just say 'glasses'.
壯觀的場面;出洋相;(舊式)眼鏡
組成It comes from Latin 'spectare', meaning to watch or look at.
同家族的字
- spectatora spectator is someone watching a spectacle - both come from the same Latin root meaning 'to look'
- spectacularspectacular describes something impressive enough to be a spectacle
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
spectaclenoun/ˈspɛktəkl̩/
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An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
- But scarcely was it set upon the table when the whole was carried off and plundered by the people who came to see the spectacle of the entertainment
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Drama and excitement in a display, product, performance, exhibition, etc.
- I enjoyed her presentation, but it needs more spectacle.
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An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- He made a spectacle out of himself.
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biologynatural-scienceszoologyThe brille of a snake.
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rail-transportrailwaystransportA frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。