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单词 orgy
释义
N16552651orgySpoken.83Fiction.211Magazine.185Newspaper.98Academic.74

orgy

/ˈɔːdʒɪ/
noun
(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。

1.1
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。
词源
early 16th cent.: originally plural, from French orgies, via Latin from Greek orgia 'secret rites or revels'.
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