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- festival ['fεstɪvəl]
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n
a day or period set aside for celebration or feasting, esp one of religious significance
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2.
n
any occasion for celebration, esp one which commemorates an anniversary or other significant event
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3.
n
an organized series of special events and performances, usually in one place
- a festival of drama
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n
[archaic]
a time of revelry; merrymaking
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5.
n
[modifier]
relating to or characteristic of a festival
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n
[Etymology]
C14: from Church Latin f
e stiva lis of a feast, from Latin festi vusfestive
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1.
n
a day or period set aside for celebration or feasting, esp one of religious significance
Examples
- a Bach festival
- 巴赫音乐节 → festival
- Tomorrow I want to go to the balloon festival, do you want to come with me?
- 明天我想去参加热气球节，你要和我一起去吗？ → balloon
- The number of subway passengers was boosted by Chinese New Year Festival.
- 地铁乘客的数量在中国春节期间迅速增加。 → boost
- We hope the music festival will be the first of many.
- 我们希望这次音乐节只是日后众多音乐节的首次尝试。 → first
- When is China's Spring Festival?
- 中国的春节是什么时候？ → festival
- We couldn't get tickets for the rock festival.
- 我们弄不到摇滚音乐会的票。 → festival
- The festival will draw to an end on Thursday 26th March.
- 庆典将于3月26日星期四结束。
- He is attending an early music festival.
- 他正在参加早期音乐节。
- a festival in honour of David Hockney
- 为了对大卫·霍可尼表示敬意而举行的庆祝活动 → honour
- an attendance of 5000 at the festival → attendance
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