carnival

B2 大学 FREQ #6876 ★★☆☆☆

n. 嘉年华会, 狂欢节, 饮宴狂欢

发音

UK /ˈkɑːnɪvəl/
其它
UK /ˈkɑːnɪvl̩/
US /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/
US /ˈkɑɹnɪvl̩/
AU /ˈkaːnɪvəl/
AU /ˈkaːnɪvl̩/

词形变化

carnivals 复数 carnivals carnivaled carnivaling carnivalled carnivalling carnivals 三单 carnivaling 现在分词 carnivalling 现在分词 carnivaled 过去式 carnivaled 过去分词 carnivalled 过去式 carnivalled 过去分词

别名

Carnival carnaval

教材释义与例句

名词

狂欢节，嘉年华会；饮宴狂欢

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.

    Carnival of Brazil

    Venice Carnival

  2. 2.

    A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.

    狂欢节

    嘉年华

  3. 3.

    A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.

    美国

    We all got to ride the merry-go-round when they brought their carnival to town.

    When the carnival came to town, every one wanted some cotton candy.

  4. 4.

    A context in which transgression or inversion of the social order is given temporary license. Derived from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin.

  5. 5.

    A gaudily chaotic situation.

    比喻

    a carnival of idiocy

v.
  1. 1.

    To participate in a carnival.

    非正式 罕用
  2. 2.

    To move about playfully or wildly.

    文学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

fair circus funfair

上位词 4

show festival disturbance fete

部分词 1

midway

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词源

From Middle French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin phrase carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”). Other scholars suggest Latin carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”) or carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”) instead. Doublet of carnaval.

来源：wiktionary