Bacchanal



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 行为放纵的) 狂欢会
• ［英］ n. ( 行为放纵的) 狂欢会 ( a drunk carouser or party; orgy)
• ［记］ 来自Bacchus, 是希腊的酒神

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Latin, shrine of Bacchus, probably back-formation from Bacchanalia
• Date: 1550
• 1.
  • a. orgy 2
  • b. orgy 3
• 2.
  • a. a devotee of Bacchus; especially one who celebrates the Bacchanalia
  • b. reveler

II. adjective

• Date: 1550
• of, relating to, or suggestive of the Bacchanalia ; bacchanalian

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