sideshow

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival.
    — 1999 November 8, Frank Hayes, The Back Page: The main event, Computerworld, page 86, And IT people dismiss IT′s impact because, hey, we like being a sideshow to the real action.
  2. An incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern. figuratively
    — Far from learning from the failures of ‘economic rationalism,’ the Liberals want us to swallow more of the snake oil medicine while diverting our attention to the consumption tax sideshow.
  3. An incident in which drivers block traffic to perform stunts like donuts and burnouts for an extended period of time. US,slang
    — The spontaneous street party is the center of Oakland's recently developing Hyphy culture, but has a long history in Oakland car culture and hip hop. A sideshow is essentially a spontaneous street party in which one might “ghostride the whip” (get out while driving), “gas brake dip,” or even “scrape” (spin donuts in the middle of the street).

词形变化

sideshows plural side show alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
sideshow alley sideshowman

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English show
English sideshow
From side + show.
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