a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment;
"it was so funny it was a circus"
"the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
双语例句
1. The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.
大街的两旁种着蓝花楹，绽放的花朵汇成一片紫色的海洋。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The countdown to the Notting Hill Carnival is in its final hours.
诺丁山狂欢节已经进入了最后几个小时的倒计时。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.
临近傍晚时，狂欢节进入最后阶段。
来自柯林斯例句
4. It's like one enormous street carnival here.
这就像是一场盛大的街头狂欢节。
来自柯林斯例句
5. There is a local carnival every year.
当地每年都举行狂欢节。
来自《权威词典》
用作名词 (n.)
Let's go to Brazil and join their Carnival. 我们去巴西参加他们的嘉年华会吧。
The last day of the carnival is always the craziest . 嘉年华会的最后一天总是最为疯狂。
While I was in Madrid there was a carnival. 我在马德里的时候正赶上狂欢节。
Our street puts on a carnival every year. 我们这条街的居民每年举行一次狂欢会。
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. 他擅长布置橱窗，但他们向他征求狂欢节彩车时的意见时，他实在得好好考虑一下。
