carnival

英 [ˈkɑːnɪvl]

美 [ˈkɑːrnɪvl]

n.  狂欢节; 嘉年华; 激动人心的事物组合; 五彩缤纷事物的组合

复数：carnivals　

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Collins.2 / BNC.15139 / COCA.11897

牛津词典

noun

• 狂欢节；嘉年华
  a public festival, usually one that happens at a regular time each year, that involves music and dancing in the streets, for which people wear brightly coloured clothes
• 狂欢节；嘉年华
  a public festival, usually one that happens at a regular time each year, that involves music and dancing in the streets, for which people wear brightly coloured clothes
• 狂欢节；嘉年华
  a public festival, usually one that happens at a regular time each year, that involves music and dancing in the streets, for which people wear brightly coloured clothes
• 激动人心的事物组合；五彩缤纷事物的组合
  an exciting or brightly coloured mixture of things
  1. this summer's carnival of sport
     今年夏季的体育盛会

柯林斯词典

• 狂欢节;嘉年华会
  Acarnivalis a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
• 流动游乐场;嘉年华
  Acarnivalis a travelling show which is held in a park or field and at which there are machines to ride on, entertainments, and games.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 funfair


• N-COUNT 激动人心的事物的组合;五彩斑斓;八音齐奏
  Acarnival ofsomething such as colours or sounds is a bright or exciting mixture of them.
  1. The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.
     大街的两旁种着蓝花楹，绽放的花朵汇成一片紫色的海洋。

英英释义

noun

• a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
• a traveling show
  Synonym:fairfunfair
• a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
  1. it was so funny it was a circus
  2. the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere
  Synonym:circus

双语例句

• Carnival is a general phenomenon of spirit culture and folkways culture.
  狂欢是人类一种普遍性的精神文化和民俗文化现象。
• You have added the ranks holding a carnival, smiling expression same as proprietor.
  你加入了狂欢的行列，和所有人一样的笑容。
• The carnival got off to a virtually trouble-free start with the police reporting only one arrest.
  狂欢节开幕进行得几乎是一帆风顺，警方只报告了一例拘捕。
• At the heart of carnival is the wearing of masks and costumes, dancing, eating and drinking.
  在狂欢节的核心是戴着面具和服饰，舞蹈，饮食和饮水。
• You forget you're dealing with a clinical observer of the human carnival.
  你忘了我是人类杂耍团的临床观察员。
• Chinese scholars have studied Bakhtin focusing on his Dialogue Theory, Polyphonic Novel and Carnival Poetics.
  国内学界对巴赫金的研究主要集中在对话理论、复调小说与狂欢诗学。
• I know the hustle's hard, but we gotta enterprise, the carnival.
  我知道奔忙很苦，但我有我的事业，嘉年华。
• I can't wait to the time of the beside carnival comings to town.
  我几乎要等不及去下一次城里举行的狂欢节了。
• A grand celebration was also held in Rome to embrace the spirit of the Carnival.
  罗马同样举行了盛大的庆祝活动来展示狂欢节精神。
• Maybe I'll do it at the carnival.
  也许我可以在嘉年华会上实行。