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B2[CorU](aspecialoccasionorperiodof)publicenjoymentandentertainmentinvolvingwearingunusualclothes,dancing, andeatinganddrinking, usuallyheldin thestreetsof acity: 狂欢节；嘉年华会 aCaribbeancarnival加勒比海狂欢节 There's arealcarnivalatmospherein thestreets.街上真是一派狂欢节的气氛。  Andreas Mann/EyeEm/GettyImages [C]US(UKfunfair)aplaceofoutsideentertainmentwhere there aremachinesforridingon andgamesthat can beplayedforprizes 露天游乐场，露天游乐会  Oliver Vorspohl/EyeEm/GettyImages [C]US(UKfete)apublicevent, oftenheldoutside, where you can takepartin competitions andbuysmallthings andfood, oftenorganizedtocollectmoneyfor aparticularpurpose 露天游乐筹款会  SolStock/E+/GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCarnival, fairground & circus - acrobatics
- aerialist
- amusement arcade
- amusement park
- big dipper
- big top
- custard pie
- Dodgem (car)
- fairground
- Ferris wheel
- fire-eater
- foam pie
- juggler
- juggling
- merry-go-round
- midway
- Punch and Judy show
- ringmaster
- trapeze
- unicycle
See more results » carnival| American Dictionaryaplaceofoutsideentertainmentwhere there aremachinesyou canrideon andgamesthat can beplayedforprizes: [C]There’s a carnival in Payson Park thisweekend. A carnival is also atimeofpublicenjoymentandentertainmentwhenpeoplewearunusualclothes,dance, andeatanddrink, usually in thestreetsof acity. Examplesofcarnivalcarnival As in earlier, non-dramatic performances likecarnivalor festive ritual, the audience came to the theatre expecting a dialogic relationship with the stage performers.From theCambridge English Corpus As it would appear, nothing is better suited to prevent a revolutionary upheaval than the licensed revolt enacted incarnival.From theCambridge English Corpus The musicians' use of dynamics underlines the marchers' reflexive awareness of performance, the carnival's undermining of the distinction between outsider and participant.From theCambridge English Corpus Thecarnivalerased social conventions by rendering them meaningless, and this 'decontextualization' relieved individuals from responsibility for their actions.From theCambridge English Corpus Years indicate thecarnivalseason; autumn productions are counted with the followingcarnival.From theCambridge English Corpus Welcome to thecarnivalof forgetting where no one need fear losing face because we're all wilfully lost and faceless anyway.From theCambridge English Corpus While the theatre was to be the bastion of progress, traditional popular festivities such ascarnivalwith its subversive potential for social inversion, were curbed.From theCambridge English Corpus The user is treated to thecarnivaltents and exhibitions, each more grotesque and absurd than the last.From theCambridge English Corpus The song was so unusual in thecarnival-song repertory that it quickly became one of its best-known works.From theCambridge English Corpus For its users, the beach amounted to a summer-longcarnivaland a democratic experience of sharing the public domain.From theCambridge English Corpus We must remember, however, thatcarnivalwas a time of legitimate illegitimacy.From theCambridge English Corpus Carnivalwas a holiday from the university, and they often sponsored performances atcarnival.From theCambridge English Corpus It was, for example, a major feature of much medieval pageantry, and it characterizes the moderncarnivalthat involves performance.From theCambridge English Corpus Carnivalprovided village communities with the opportunity to air all the latent antagonisms, misdeeds, and other problems undermining their sense of unity.From theCambridge English Corpus The fair consisted of show competition, demonstration of agricultural animals and produce,carnivalactivities, and over 100 vendors of food and drink.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |