Spectacle

(noun.) a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself.

(noun.) an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale.

(noun.) something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); 'the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape'.

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• I have nothing against him but such a spectacle must terminate. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Altogether, it was the bluest, bluest spectacle! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The city of Messina, milk-white, and starred and spangled all over with gaslights, was a fairy spectacle. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Yet, the spectacle of only one little mourner hobbling after, caused many people to turn their heads with a look of interest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I have had my eye on her several times since you withdrew yours; and I have had the honour of witnessing a little spectacle which you were spared. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Aside from the development of the motion picture as a spectacle, there has gone on an evolution in its use for educational purposes of wide range, which must not be overlooked. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Any solemn rite, any spectacle of sincere worship, any opening for appeal to God was as welcome to me then as bread to one in extremity of want. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I understand he makes a perfect spectacle of himself at the Casino, and that sort of places, by going on about me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Joe and I going to church, therefore, must have been a moving spectacle for compassionate minds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• That spectacle would provoke my brother Robert. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She put up her spectacles, shut the Bible, and pushed her chair back from the table. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Mr. Helstone pushed up his spectacles from his nose to his forehead, handled his snuff-box, and administered to himself a portion of the contents. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Pickwick returned the glare, concentrated into a focus by means of his spectacles, and breathed a bold defiance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Here is the rivet of your mistress's spectacles out. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Mr Wegg (who had had nothing else in his mind for several nights) took off his spectacles with an air of bland surprise. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• One was an elderly man, with white hair and large rimmed spectacles. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The old gentleman was a very respectable-looking personage, with a powdered head and gold spectacles. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I got at my spectacles, with some fumbling and difficulty, feeling the Sergeant's dismal eyes fixed on me all the time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I have the pleasure, madam, (to Mrs. Bates,) of restoring your spectacles, healed for the present. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Silas receives one from his hand, which Venus takes from a wonderful litter in a drawer, and putting on his spectacles, reads: '“Mr Venus,”' 'Yes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He was not in general a lady's man, though all ladies liked him; something of a book-worm he was, near-sighted, spectacled, now and then abstracted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• His kind sister Margaret, spectacled and learned like himself, made him happy in his single state; he considered it too late to change. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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