英语词汇“festival”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	festival
释义	fes·ti·val I. \ˈfestəvəl\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin festivus festive, gay + Old French -al — more at festive : of, belonging to, appropriate to, or set apart as a festival < the festival celebration of the Holy Communion > < playing festival concerts > < their mood was festival > < on a festival day > • fes·ti·val·ly \-vəlē, -li\ adverb II. noun (-s) 1. : a time of celebration marked by special observances: a. : an occasion observed with religious ceremonies < the planting and harvest festivals of primitive peoples > : feast < the great festivals of Whitsuntide, Trinity Sunday, and Corpus Christi — S.E. Morison > b. : an occasion devoted to festive community observances often held annually to celebrate the anniversary of a notable person or event or the harvest of an important product : a program of public festivity < the best known festival at the college is Founder's Day > 2. a. : a program of cultural events consisting typically of a series of performances of works in the arts sometimes devoted to a single artist or a particular genre and often held annually for a period of several days or weeks < a Bach festival > < a Shakespeare festival > < a drama festival > < a dance festival > b. : something resembling such a festival < the radio station held a festival of books with readings, talks, and discussions > < a cartoon festival for children advertised by the local theater > < the occasional festivals at which the square-dance clubs of the area gather > 3. : conviviality, gaiety, cheerfulness < alcohol had always loosened … his sense of festival but now it only dragged him down into despondency — Budd Schulberg > 4. a. : fair V 2 b. : strawberry festival
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