carnival
carnival
noun
carnivalesque
adjective
语源
noun
- a period of public revelry at a regular time each year, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade
狂欢节；嘉年华会（尤指罗马天主教国家每年大斋节前一周内的公众狂欢，其中有游行，音乐，舞蹈及化装舞会）
the culmination of the week-long carnival.
长达一周的狂欢节之高潮。
[mass noun]Mardi Gras is the last day of carnival.
“油腻的星期二”是狂欢节的最后一天。
[as modifier]a carnival parade.
一次狂欢节游行。
■(figurative)an exciting or riotous mixture of something
(喻)令人兴奋的（或狂欢的）混合物
the film is a visual and aural carnival.
这部电影集视觉和听觉的狂欢于一体。 - (N. Amer.)a travelling funfair or circus
(北美)游艺场；游艺团
carnivalesque
adjective
语源
- mid 16th cent.: from Italian carnevale, carnovale, from medieval Latin carnelevamen, carnelevarium 'Shrovetide', from Latin caro, carn- 'flesh' + levare 'put away'
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