carnival
英 ['kɑ?n?v(?)l]
美 ['kɑrn?vl]
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carnival：嘉年華就是從這個詞音譯的——狂歡節。
中文詞源
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)。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.
- 大街的兩旁種著藍花楹，綻放的花朵匯成一片紫色的海洋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The countdown to the Notting Hill Carnival is in its final hours.
- 諾丁山狂歡節已經進入了最后幾個小時的倒計時。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.
- 臨近傍晚時，狂歡節進入最后階段。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. It's like one enormous street carnival here.
- 這就像是一場盛大的街頭狂歡節。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. There is a local carnival every year.
- 當地每年都舉行狂歡節。
來自《權威詞典》