carnival

• n. 狂歡節，嘉年華會；飲宴狂歡

來自拉丁短語carne levare（同lever, 舉起）, 把肉收起來，絕食。原指基督教40天大齋期前的狂歡，後俗化為carne vale, 與肉說再見，-val, 力量，詞源同value, valediction(臨別致辭，祝好，再見)。

carnival

carnival: [16] Etymologically, carnival means ‘raising flesh’ – that is, the ‘removal of meat’ from the diet during Lent (carnival was originally a period of merrymaking preceding Lent). It comes from medieval Latin carnelevāmen, a compound noun made up of carō ‘flesh’ (source of English carnal) and levāmen, a derivative of the verb levāre ‘lighten, raise’ (source of English lever, levity, and levy).
=> carnal, carrion, lever, levy

carnival (n.)

1540s, "time of merrymaking before Lent," from French carnaval, from Italian carnevale "Shrove Tuesday," from older Italian forms such as Milanese *carnelevale, Old Pisan carnelevare "to remove meat," literally "raising flesh," from Latin caro "flesh" (see carnage) + levare "lighten, raise, remove" (see lever (n.)). Folk etymology is from Medieval Latin carne vale " 'flesh, farewell!' " Meaning "a circus or fair" is attested by 1931 in North America.

1. The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.

大街的兩旁種著藍花楹，綻放的花朵匯成一片紫色的海洋。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The countdown to the Notting Hill Carnival is in its final hours.

諾丁山狂歡節已經進入了最後幾個小時的倒計時。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.

臨近傍晚時，狂歡節進入最後階段。

來自柯林斯例句

4. It's like one enormous street carnival here.

這就像是一場盛大的街頭狂歡節。

來自柯林斯例句

5. There is a local carnival every year.

當地每年都舉行狂歡節。

來自《權威詞典》