One of the most famous places in ancient Rome was the Circus Maximus.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

And the hippodrome, which becomes the circus in Latin-- that's just the Latin translation of hippodrome, because as you'll see, Romans started adopting a lot of these, which were originally Greek institutions, into their society also.

后来赛马场到了拉丁语里变成了马戏表演场-,那是拉丁语对赛马场的翻译，你们以后会学到，罗马人采纳了很多，原本希腊式的制度，融入了他们的社会。

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Yeah, so I mean, obviously Piccadilly Circus with the big screens is in so many films. Everybody knows it.

好的，显然地，大屏幕的皮卡迪利广场出现在很多电影里。所有人都知道它。

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They also went to the circus, the theater,and even to factories.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

He was in the circus going around the country with his big iron rod telling everybody the story as they surrounded him and clapped.

他跟着马戏团全国巡演,带着他的大铁棒，告诉大家这个故事,观众们围着他并鼓掌。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Clowns are a very special part of the circus.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

So the hippodrome is the circus in Latin.

所以赛马场就是拉丁语中的马戏表演场。

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It was about people who performed in the circus.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

He ended up on a circus sideshow traveling through the country with the big steel pipe that went through his head.

最终,在一个全国巡游的马戏团里,大钢管打烂了他的脑袋,结束了他的生命

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For example, the word circus is used to describe any noisy place with a lot of activities going on.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

He ended up in the circus.

他最后来到了马戏团。

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And if the room is really noisy, she may say it is a three ring circus.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

The most celebrated American circus in the 1800s was P. T. Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth."

VOA: special.2009.01.11

The modern circus developed in the 19th century.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Between events,just as in a circus, rodeo clowns act silly to entertain children in the audience.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25