bacchant

a. 崇拜酒神的, 耽于狂饮作乐的 n. 酒神的祭司

发音

/ˈbækənt/
/bəkant/

词形变化

bacchantes bacchants 复数 bacchants bacchantes 复数 more bacchant 比较级 most bacchant 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A priest of Bacchus.

  2. 2.

    A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

adj.
  1. 1.

    fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

词汇关系

词源

Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

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