| 词汇 | carnival |
| 释义 | carnivalWord family nouncarnivaladjectivecarnivalesque Leisure, School car·ni·val /ˈkɑːnəvəl $ ˈkɑːr-/ ●●○ noun 1 [countableC, uncountableU]CELEBRATE a public event at which people play music, wear special clothes, and dance in the streets 狂欢（节）；嘉年华会 preparations for this year’s carnival 今年狂欢节的准备工作 when it’s Carnival in Rio 里约热内卢举行狂欢节的时候 a carnival atmosphere in the town 城里的狂欢气氛 2. [countableC] American EnglishAmEDL a noisy outdoor event at which you can ride on special machines and play games for prizes 游乐场，流动游艺场〔喧闹的户外活动，有机动游戏、有奖摊位游戏等〕 SYN British English funfair 3. [countableC] American EnglishAmESES a school event at which students play games for prizes 〔学校的〕游园会，嘉年华会 4 carnival of something literary an exciting mixture of things 激动人心的事物组合 Shakespeare’s carnival of images 莎士比亚笔下丰富生动的意象 Examples from the Corpus carnival• It was as wild as a carnival.• They dismiss synchro as carnival entertainment, what Esther Williams did after she was an athlete.• They carried with them galvanic batteries of a type generally used for feats of entertainment at carnivals.• Yes, there was only the sea and the sky light carnival.• Caroline who had moved to a new area was asked by a neighbour to join a committee planning the local summer carnival.• The sounds from the rides and the carnival continued, nothing seemed out of place.• These pictures show some of the things that happened when Fateha, Louise, Anthony and Marlon went to the carnival.• Night fell upon, and spread its funereal pall over, a field of blood where death held unrestrained carnival! carnival atmosphere• As the march swelled to 4,000, a carnival atmosphere swept through the crowd.• He hoped there would be a carnival atmosphere.• Much of the popular carnival atmosphere of traditional democratic politics was eliminated. (1500-1600) Italian carnevale, from carne “meat” ( → CARNATION) + levare “to remove”; because after Carnival people stopped eating meat for a period |
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