名詞 carnival:

1. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
2. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
   同義詞：circus
3. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
   同義詞：fair, funfair

1. Our street puts on a carnival every year.
   我們這條街的居民每年舉行一次狂歡會(huì)。
2. 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.
   他擅長布置櫥窗，但他們向他征求狂歡節(jié)彩車時(shí)的意見時(shí)，他實(shí)在得好好考慮一下。
3. The area of a fair, a carnival, a circus, or an exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located.
   娛樂場，游樂場在商品交易會(huì)、狂歡節(jié)、馬戲團(tuán)或展覽會(huì)所在地提供雜耍表演和其它娛樂活動(dòng)的地方
4. While I was in Madrid there was a carnival.
   我在馬德里的時(shí)候正趕上狂歡節(jié)。

car.ni.val

n.（名詞）

A festival marked by merrymaking and feasting during the season just before Lent.
狂歡節(jié)：一個(gè)大齋節(jié)前的節(jié)日，人們狂歡作樂并宴飲
Merrymaking and feasting just before Lent.
狂歡：大齋節(jié)前的狂歡作樂和宴飲
A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows.
表演會(huì)：一種流動(dòng)的娛樂演出。通常包括旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬，各種游戲，以及穿插表演
A festival or revel:
節(jié)日，聯(lián)歡：
例句：
winter carnival.
冬季聯(lián)歡

來源：
Italian carnevale
意大利語 carnevale
from Old Italian carnelevare [Shrovetide]
源自 古意大利語 carnelevare [懺悔節(jié)]
carne [meat] from Latin carô carn- * see sker-
carne [肉] 源自 拉丁語 carô carn- *參見 sker-
levare [to remove] from Latin lev3re [to raise] * see leg wh-
levare [移動(dòng)開] 源自 拉丁語 lev3re [舉起] *參見 leg wh-