carnival

英['kɑ?n?v(?)l] 美['kɑrn?vl]

反義詞

復(fù)數(shù):?carnivals;

carnival：嘉年華就是從這個(gè)詞音譯的——狂歡節(jié)。

carnival 嘉年華

來自拉丁短語carne levare（同lever, 舉起）, 把肉收起來，絕食。原指基督教40天大齋期前的狂歡，后俗化為carne vale, 與肉說再見，-val, 力量，詞源同value, valediction(臨別致辭，祝好，再見)。

carnival: carnival: [16] Etymologically, carnival means ‘raising flesh’ – that is, the ‘removal of meat’ from the diet during Lent (carnival was originally a period of merrymaking preceding Lent). It comes from medieval Latin carnelevāmen, a compound noun made up of carō ‘flesh’ (source of English carnal) and levāmen, a derivative of the verb levāre ‘lighten, raise’ (source of English lever, levity, and levy).
=> carnal, carrion, lever, levy
carnival (n.): 1540s, "time of merrymaking before Lent," from French carnaval, from Italian carnevale "Shrove Tuesday," from older Italian forms such as Milanese *carnelevale, Old Pisan carnelevare "to remove meat," literally "raising flesh," from Latin caro "flesh" (see carnage) + levare "lighten, raise, remove" (see lever (n.)). Folk etymology is from Medieval Latin carne vale " 'flesh, farewell!' " Meaning "a circus or fair" is attested by 1931 in North America.

1. The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.: 大街的兩旁種著藍(lán)花楹，綻放的花朵匯成一片紫色的海洋。

2. The countdown to the Notting Hill Carnival is in its final hours.: 諾丁山狂歡節(jié)已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了最后幾個(gè)小時(shí)的倒計(jì)時(shí)。

3. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.: 臨近傍晚時(shí)，狂歡節(jié)進(jìn)入最后階段。

4. It's like one enormous street carnival here.: 這就像是一場(chǎng)盛大的街頭狂歡節(jié)。