orgy

orgy
(pl. -ies)
  1. a wild party, especially one involving excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity
    狂欢(尤指纵欲、纵酒的聚会)
    he had a reputation for drunken orgies.
    他有着喜欢纵酒狂欢的名声。
    ■excessive indulgence in a specified activity
    无节制的行为
    an orgy of buying.
    尽情地大肆购物。
  2. (一般作orgies)historical secret rites used in the worship of Bacchus, Dionysus, and other Greek and Roman deities, celebrated with dancing, drunkenness, and singing
    (用歌舞、纵酒等来祭祀酒神巴克斯和狄俄尼索斯以及其他希腊和罗马神的)秘密祭神仪式
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: originally plural, from French orgies, via Latin from Greek orgia 'secret rites or revels'
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