carnival
noun · verbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
Carnival of Brazil
Venice Carnival
- 2.
A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
- 3.
(US)A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
We all got to ride the merry-go-round when they brought their carnival to town.
When the carnival came to town, every one wanted some cotton candy.
- 4.
(sociology) A context in which transgression or inversion of the social order is given temporary license. Derived from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin.
- 5.
(figuratively)(figurative) A gaudily chaotic situation.
a carnival of idiocy
Động từ
verb- 1.
(informal, rare)To participate in a carnival.
- 2.
(literary)To move about playfully or wildly.
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ine-pro From Middle French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin - phrase carnem]] levāmen (meat dismissal). Other scholars suggest Latin carnuālia (meat-based country feast) or carrus nāvālis (boat wagon; float) instead. carnaval.