festival英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A feast or feast day. countable,uncountable

— All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals. countable,uncountable

— The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god. countable,uncountable
Fried cornbread. Caribbean,Jamaica,uncountable

形容词 adj.

Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)

— the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […]

词形变化

more festival comparative most festival superlative feastiuall alternative,obsolete festivals plural feastiuall alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

Bon Festival Car Festival Chung Yueng Festival Da Jiu Festival Double Fifth Festival Double Ninth Festival Double Seventh Festival Dragon Boat Festival Dumpling Festival festie festivalgoer festivalist festivalization festivalize festivally Festival of Light Festival of Lights Festival of the Rosary Festival of Weeks festival seating festivalwear festy Ghost Festival harvest festival Hungry Ghost Festival Kaul festival Laba Festival Lantern Festival macrofestival Magpie Festival megafestival Mid-Autumn Festival minifestival nonfestival prefestival pride festival pseudofestival Pure Brightness Festival Qingming Festival Renaissance festival rocket festival snow festival Spring Festival Sweet Festival teknival Tomb Sweeping Festival Tuen Ng Festival winter festival Winterval Zhongqiu Festival

词源

词源 1

From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). By surface analysis, festive + -al. Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).

词源 2

From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). By surface analysis, festive + -al. Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).