英语词汇circus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

circus; charity circus. The expression charity circus for a cir- cus that donates part of its proceeds to charity dates back to fa- mous American circus owner and clown Dan Rice, who helped popularize his circus by donating part of the proceeds in the 1850s and gave performances for the Union cause during the Civil War. Circuses in America go back to at least 1785, howev- er, and circuses were popular in Roman times, the word circus itself deriving from the Latin circus for ring. A three ring circus is thus, strictly speaking, “a three ring ring.”

词汇	circus
词源	circus; charity circus. The expression charity circus for a cir- cus that donates part of its proceeds to charity dates back to fa- mous American circus owner and clown Dan Rice, who helped popularize his circus by donating part of the proceeds in the 1850s and gave performances for the Union cause during the Civil War. Circuses in America go back to at least 1785, howev- er, and circuses were popular in Roman times, the word circus itself deriving from the Latin circus for ring. A three ring circus is thus, strictly speaking, “a three ring ring.”
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