carnival

名词 carnival:

1. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
2. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
   同义词：circus
3. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
   同义词：fair, funfair

1. Our street puts on a carnival every year.
   我们这条街的居民每年举行一次狂欢会。
2. He's good at dressing shop windows but he really had to put his thinking cap on when they asked him for an idea for a carnival float.
   他擅长布置橱窗，但他们向他征求狂欢节彩车时的意见时，他实在得好好考虑一下。
3. The area of a fair, a carnival, a circus, or an exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located.
   娱乐场，游乐场在商品交易会、狂欢节、马戏团或展览会所在地提供杂耍表演和其它娱乐活动的地方
4. While I was in Madrid there was a carnival.
   我在马德里的时候正赶上狂欢节。

car.ni.val

n.（名词）

A festival marked by merrymaking and feasting during the season just before Lent.
狂欢节：一个大斋节前的节日，人们狂欢作乐并宴饮
Merrymaking and feasting just before Lent.
狂欢：大斋节前的狂欢作乐和宴饮
A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows.
表演会：一种流动的娱乐演出。通常包括旋转木马，各种游戏，以及穿插表演
A festival or revel:
节日，联欢：
例句：
winter carnival.
冬季联欢

来源：
Italian carnevale
意大利语 carnevale
from Old Italian carnelevare [Shrovetide]
源自 古意大利语 carnelevare [忏悔节]
carne [meat] from Latin carô carn- * see sker-
carne [肉] 源自 拉丁语 carô carn- *参见 sker-
levare [to remove] from Latin lev3re [to raise] * see leg wh-
levare [移动开] 源自 拉丁语 lev3re [举起] *参见 leg wh-