carnival
/ˈkɑːnɪvəl/noun
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- a period of public revelry at a regular time each year, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade狂欢节; 嘉年华会（尤指罗马天主教国家每年大斋节前一周内的公众狂欢, 其中有游行, 音乐, 舞蹈及化装舞会）：
the culmination of the week-long carnival
长达一周的狂欢节之高潮
mass noun Mardi Gras is the last day of carnival“油腻的星期二”是狂欢节的最后一天
as modifier a carnival parade.一次狂欢节游行。
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- figurative an exciting or riotous mixture of something〈喻〉令人兴奋的（或狂欢的）混合物：
the film is a visual and aural carnival.
这部电影集视觉和听觉的狂欢于一体。
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- N. Amer. a travelling funfair or circus〈北美〉游艺场; 游艺团。
派生词
carnivalesque
adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: from Italian carnevale, carnovale, from medieval Latin carnelevamen, carnelevarium 'Shrovetide', from Latin caro, carn- 'flesh' + levare 'put away'.