spectacle
Kelime Anlamı :

1. garip davranış.
2. görünüş.
3. görüntü.
4. gözlük.
5. piyes.
6. manzara.
7. merasim.
8. büyük gösteri oyunu.
9. tören.
10. temsil.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
1. an exhibition; exposure to sight or view; an open display; also, a thing looked at or to be looked at; a sight; a gazing-stock; a show; especially, a deplorable exhibition.
2. specifically, a public show or display for the gratification of the eye; something designed or arranged to attract and entertain spectators; a pageant; a parade: as, a royal or a religious spectacle; a military or a dramatic spectacle.
3. A looking-glass; a mirror.
4. A spyglass; a speculum.
5. plural A pair of lenses set in a frame adjusted to the eyes, to correct or improve defective vision; also, sometimes, a similar frame with pieces of plain white or colored glass to protect the eyes from glare or dust: commonly called a pair of spectacles.
6. plural figuratively, visual aids of any kind, physical or mental; instruments of or assistance in seeing or understanding; also, instruments or means of seeing or understanding otherwise than by natural or normal vision or perception: as, rose-colored spectacles; I cannot see things with your spectacles.
7. plural in zoology, a marking resembling a pair of spectacles, especially about the eyes: as, the spectacles of the cobra. see cut under cobra-de-capello.
8. A form of spectacles having in each bow two half glasses differing in power or character; divided spectacles. see def. 5.
9. plural signal-glasses of varying color, held in a metal frame suggesting spectacles, to be moved in front of the lenses of signal-lights at night: usually of red and green if there are two. also used, in the singular, for one frame with its colored glass.
10. A frame with two bow-shaped handles for carrying well-boring tools.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
2. an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
3. a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.