carnival
['kɑrnəvl.]
n. 嘉华, 狂欢, 饮宴狂欢

1. While I was in Madrid there was a carnival.
   德里候正赶狂欢.
2. The area of a fair, a carnival, a circus, or an exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located.
   娱场，游场品易、狂欢、团展览供耍演其娱活动
3. He's good at dressing shop windows but he really had to put his thinking cap on when they asked him for an idea for a carnival float.
   擅布置橱窗，但征求狂欢彩意见，考虑。

carnival
[ noun ]

1. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

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2. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

<noun.act>
it was so funny it was a circus
the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere

3. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

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Carnival \Car"ni*val\, n. [It. carnevale, prob. for older
carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro,
carnis, flesh + levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis
light.]
1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman
Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at
Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before
Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.

The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of.
--Addison.

2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially
when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous
excess. --Tennyson.

He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall
Hold o'er the dead their carnival --Byron.
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