big top

英 [ˌbɪɡ ˈtɒp]

美 [ˌbɪɡ ˈtɑːp]

n.  (马戏团演出用的)大帐篷

牛津词典

noun

• （马戏团演出用的）大帐篷
  the large tent in which a circus gives performances

柯林斯词典

• （马戏团的）大帐篷
  The large round tent that a circus uses for its performances is called thebig top.

英英释义

noun

• a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
  1. he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent
  2. they had the big top up in less than an hour
  Synonym:circus tentround toptop

双语例句

• He was afraid of a fire in the circus tent; they had the big top up in less than an hour.
  他害怕大帐篷失火；他们在不到一小时之内就把大帐篷支了起来。
• The soldier climbed up the tree and he found a big hole at the top of it.
  士兵爬上那棵大树，果真在树的顶端发现一个大洞。
• They made gas from wood and plants instead, and then they put it in big bags on top of their cars.
  他们用树木和植物制造天然气，然后将天然气放进汽车顶上的大袋子里。
• Nationalisation of the banks 'losses has left most British households facing cuts in their standard of living as steep as any since the 1920s. The banks have responded by reinstating big pay-outs for top executives and traders.
  银行亏损的国有化使大多数英国家庭的生活水平面临上世纪20年代以来最大幅度的下滑。但银行的回应却是，重新开始向高管和交易员发放巨额报酬。
• But having a big guy at the top is scant price to pay when you consider the wreckage that a bad CEO can inflict.
  虽然高级管理层中拥有一名大牌CEO看似不错，可一旦CEO表现糟糕，后果就是伤不起。
• Now Alex walked into her first session wearing jeans and a big slouchy top, and she dropped onto the couch in my office and kicked off her flats and told me she was there to talk about guy problems.
  第一次见面Alex穿着牛仔裤和宽松上衣走进来，她一下子栽进我办公室的沙发上，踢掉脚上的平底鞋，跟我说她想谈谈男生的问题。
• In Shanghai and beijing, where big corruption scandals involving top officials have been exposed in recent months, new cases of alleged high-level wrongdoing are still coming to light.
  在上海和北京，在最近几个月高层卷入严重腐败案件频繁曝光，高层涉嫌犯罪的新案件频繁入镜。
• The book tells of life under the big top.
  这本书讲的是马戏演员的生涯。
• Instead, the European Union and us should impose ethical and legal standards that make it costly for Russia to misbehave, targeting big state companies and top officials not private citizens or businessmen.
  相反，欧盟和美国应当实施道德和法律准则，使俄罗斯为其不当行为付出高昂代价这些行动应该针对大型国有企业和高层官员，而非平民百姓和商人。
• Since nearly all senior male company workers in Japan have played mahjong at one point in their life, learning the game can be your key to getting some face time with the big shots in the top ranks.
  在日本，几乎所有的资深男性员工都在他们的生活中玩过麻将，因此学会搓麻将会是你与顶级大亨面对面对交流机会的关键。