spectacle

suomi-englanti sanakirja

spectacle englannista suomeksi

1. näky

2. mahtava esitys, spektaakkeli

3. naurunalainen

0. Substantiivi

1. näytelmä, näky, spektaakkeli

2. näytös

3. peili, silmälasit (monikko)

spectacle englanniksi

1. An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.

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2. (RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-1)

3. 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club ''The Hunger Games''http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/

In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.

4. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.

5. (attributive form of).

6. (quote-journal) Still in London.|journal=The Flag of Our Union|volume=XIII|issue=33|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=Murray Ballou|M(quote-gloss) M(quote-gloss) Ballou|date=14 August 1858|page=260|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_flag-of-our-union_1858-08-14_13_33/page/260/mode/1up|column=2|passage=Some very interesting relics of Adam and Eve were shown us, that were brought from America; such as a fine-tooth comb, made of thorns, a part of a pair of leather spectacle frames, without glasses, a boot jack made of ebony, and a set of pawpaws of props, with the backs filled with a hard substance, resembling lava.

7. The brille of a snake.

8. A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

9. a show, a (l), a performance, a concert

10. a sight, a showing, a display

11. something that helps understanding

12. (RQ:Chaucer Canterbury Tales)