| 单词 | bacchanalia |
| 释义 | bacchanalia (once / 328315 pages) n WORD FAMILY bacchanalia: bacchanalias USAGE EXAMPLESOur Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics were a bacchanalia of bribes, doping and corruption. New York Times(Aug 23, 2016) The Daily Beast story described an “Average Joe” trying to “join the bacchanalia” of the Olympic Village. Los Angeles Times(Aug 12, 2016) Enter this weekend's "The Overnight," a bold comedy about a dinner party that turns into an evening of bacchanalia. Los Angeles Times(Jun 19, 2015) n a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Syn|Hyper bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia revel, revelry unrestrained merrymaking Bacchanalia (once / 274868 pages) n In ancient Greece, a wild drunken party was called a Bacchanalia. Specifically, a Bacchanalia celebrated the god of wine. When the noun Bacchanalia starts with a capital B, it means the Greek festival honoring Bacchus, the god of wine, wine making, and the grape harvest. This festival, not surprisingly, involves a lot of wine drinking. Bacchanalia clearly comes from the name Bacchus — Bakkhos in Greek — and when it's not capitalized, it can refer to any crazy party, especially if alcohol is involved. WORD FAMILYBacchanalia USAGE EXAMPLESThey named it Bacchanalia, a term defined as a festival celebrated with dancing and song. Forbes(Mar 24, 2015) Slumped against its Victorian monuments were gaggles of puffy-faced separatists, looking crushed and exhausted, after a night of Bacchanalia and disappointment. Economist(Oct 16, 2014) His mother might only have gone to one of her bowling Bacchanalia. John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces(1980) n an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) Syn|Hyper Dionysia festival, fete an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) |
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