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carnival

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中古法語 carnaval,來自意大利語 carnevale,可能來自拉丁語短語carnem levāmen (肉類慰藉)。其他學者認為應改用拉丁語 carnuālia (以肉類為主的鄉村盛宴)carrus nāvālis (船車;花車)[1]carnaval同源對似詞

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carnival (複數 carnivals)

  1. 大齋期開始前舉行的多個節日之一
  2. 狂歡節嘉年華
    • 2013年6月7日,David Simpson,“Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly,卷 188, 期 26,頁 36:
      Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
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  3. (美國) 移動遊樂園
    近義詞:funfair
    We all got to ride the merry-go-round when they brought their carnival to town.
    当他们把移动式游乐园带到镇上时,我们都坐上了旋转木马。
    When the carnival came to town, every one wanted some cotton candy.
    移动式游乐园来到镇上时,每个人都想买些棉花糖。
  4. (社會學) 一種暫時允許越界或顛覆社會秩序的情境,源自米哈伊爾·巴赫京的著作
    • 2010,Gulnara Karimova,“Jackass, South Park, and 'Everyday' Culture”, in Studies in Popular Culture,卷 33,頁 37:
      The social environment contains the ambiguous traces of carnival: it resists the ideology of capitalism and, at the same time, reproduces the capitalist social order.
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  5. (比喻義) 一片混亂景象
    a carnival of idiocy
    愚蠢的混乱景象

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  • 日語: カーニバル (kānibaru)

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carnival (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 carnivals,現在分詞 (美國) carnivaling (英國) carnivalling,簡單過去時和過去分詞 (美國) carnivaled (英國) carnivalled)

  1. (非正式罕用) 參加嘉年華
  2. (書面) 嬉戲狂野走動
    • 1870 July,“Life in the Mexican Capital”, in The Old Guard,卷 VIII, 號 VII, [New York, N.Y.]: [C. Chauncey Burr & Co.], →ISSN, →OCLC507:
      The spot is a marvel of beauty and taste; and here, where dust and sun carnivaled for so many years, thousands of every class congregate to listen each evening to music discoursed for the amusement of oi polloi.
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    • 1983,Alan Stratton,The Hunters,London, Sydney, N.S.W.: Futura, →ISBN161:
      Sitting in the Chevy, Saturday night on Main Street carnivaling around her, she told herself that she understood, that Ross had made a mistake, had pre-arranged this celebration for tonight and thought that his date with her was tomorrow.
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    • 2007,Jonny Glynn,The Seven Days of Peter Crumb,New York, N.Y.,  []: Harper Perennial, →ISBN210:
      A sudden bright white flash exploded before me. A kaleidoscope of silver lines drawn in rapid succession carnivalled in a blizzard of raging energy.
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  1. Ottorino Pianigiani (1907年), “Carnevale, Carnovale”,Il Vocabolario Etimologico[1],存档自原始网页

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