1.N-COUNT 可数名词 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.
- In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday...
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。
2.N-COUNT 可数名词 (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.
- Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players.
锦标赛上的助兴节目包括高地舞蹈和万洛克黑德剧社上演的一部剧。