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词汇 bacchanal
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Definition of bacchanal in English:

bacchanal

nounˈbakənalˈbakən(ə)l
literary
  • 1A wild and drunken celebration.

    the debauched and alcoholic president was said to be organizing unceasing bacchanals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The movie tells the story of two middle-aged pals, Miles and Jack, attempting one last bachelor bacchanal before Jack gets married.
    • Through her eyes we observe the absurdities of co-ed dorms and toilets, drunken frat bacchanals, and violent tailgate parties.
    • Coming from the comparatively sedate Toronto coffeehouse scene, the brothers were dropped into what must have seemed like a bacchanal.
    • The party finishes on Ash Wednesday, and J'Ouvert on the preceding Thursday night signals the beginning of the real, hard-core bacchanal.
    • The night ended with more song, some dancing, and much good humour to go around - even the captain took part in the bacchanal and danced a verse or two of ‘Along the Petersburg Road.’
    Synonyms
    celebration, festivity, jollification, merrymaking, carousal, carouse, spree, debauch
  • 2A priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus.

    酒神(巴克斯的)祭司;酒神崇拜者

    Synonyms
    merrymaker, partygoer, party animal, carouser, roisterer, good-time boy, good-time girl, pleasure seeker
adjectiveˈbakənalˈbakən(ə)l
literary
  • another term for bacchanalian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The blogs have been very successful, the surprise being that students' blogs aren't all bacchanal debauchery but have included some intensely personal writing and some well reasoned commentary.
    • What did shock me was that the hip-hop press, perhaps in a guilty, knee-jerk response to the bacchanal hip-hop that essentially gave rise to the genre in the first place, chose to ride along.
    • With the proceeds of a very remunerative silent film in which he choreographed and danced a bacchanal scene, he re-channeled his life into a decade of travel and painting.
    • Right Bed, Wrong Husband is a production which assures steady laughs, from beginning to end, spiced with the bacchanal elements that local audiences love so well.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin bacchanalis, from the name of the god Bacchus.

  • This word comes from Bacchus (in Greek Bakkhos), the god of wine. The association with the Bacchanalia, the Roman festival in honour of the god, with its renowned free-flowing wine and licentious behaviour, gave the sense ‘drunken revelry or orgy’.

Rhymes

Al, cabal, canal, Chagall, Chantal, chaparral, gal, grand mal, Guadalcanál, Hal, La Salle, mall, Natal, pal, pall-mall, petit mal, sal, shall, Val

Definition of bacchanal in US English:

bacchanal

noun
literary
  • 1An occasion of wild and drunken revelry.

    纵酒的欢宴

    the debauched and alcoholic president was said to be organizing unceasing bacchanals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The night ended with more song, some dancing, and much good humour to go around - even the captain took part in the bacchanal and danced a verse or two of ‘Along the Petersburg Road.’
    • The movie tells the story of two middle-aged pals, Miles and Jack, attempting one last bachelor bacchanal before Jack gets married.
    • Coming from the comparatively sedate Toronto coffeehouse scene, the brothers were dropped into what must have seemed like a bacchanal.
    • The party finishes on Ash Wednesday, and J'Ouvert on the preceding Thursday night signals the beginning of the real, hard-core bacchanal.
    • Through her eyes we observe the absurdities of co-ed dorms and toilets, drunken frat bacchanals, and violent tailgate parties.
    Synonyms
    celebration, festivity, jollification, merrymaking, carousal, carouse, spree, debauch
  • 2A priest, worshiper, or follower of Bacchus.

    酒神(巴克斯的)祭司;酒神崇拜者

    Synonyms
    merrymaker, partygoer, party animal, carouser, roisterer, good-time boy, good-time girl, pleasure seeker
adjective
literary
  • another term for bacchanalian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Right Bed, Wrong Husband is a production which assures steady laughs, from beginning to end, spiced with the bacchanal elements that local audiences love so well.
    • The blogs have been very successful, the surprise being that students' blogs aren't all bacchanal debauchery but have included some intensely personal writing and some well reasoned commentary.
    • With the proceeds of a very remunerative silent film in which he choreographed and danced a bacchanal scene, he re-channeled his life into a decade of travel and painting.
    • What did shock me was that the hip-hop press, perhaps in a guilty, knee-jerk response to the bacchanal hip-hop that essentially gave rise to the genre in the first place, chose to ride along.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin bacchanalis, from the name of the god Bacchus.

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