1N-COUNT 次要活动;附带事件;附属活动 A sideshow is a less important or less significant event or situation related to a larger, more important one that is happening at the same time. 次要活动;附带事件;附属活动
In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday. [+ to]
最终,那次会议成了星期四爆发的政治风暴的一个附属事件。
Radio work for him was very much a sideshow.
对他来说电台的工作只是顺便做做而已。
2N-COUNT (马戏或游园会中穿插的)小节目,助兴表演,杂耍 At a circus or fair, a sideshow is a performance that you watch or a game of skill that you play, that is provided in addition to the main entertainment. (马戏或游园会中穿插的)小节目,助兴表演,杂耍
Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players.