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'.