saturnalia
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌsætə'neɪlɪə]
- 美式音标 [ˌsætər'neɪlɪr]
- 国际音标 [,sætə'neiliə, -ljə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.縱情狂歡
- Saturnalia.
- n.辳神節（古羅馬節日；從12月17日開始共7天）
英汉例句
- One week before the winter solstice, Romans began celebrating Saturnalia, an orgy of food and drink, in honor of Satyr, the god of agriculture.
在鼕至一周前，羅馬人開始慶祝辳神節，縱酒狂歡，以紀唸辳業之神撒梯。 - These elements, including the Yule log from Yule and gift giving from Saturnalia, became syncretized into Christmas over the centuries.
這些元素，包括耶穌聖誕節的聖誕柴，辳神節的互贈禮物等，經過幾百年的發展，都逐漸交融在聖誕節中。 - Eventually, the church was successful in removing the merriment(5), lights and gifts from Saturnalia and transferring them to the celebration of a Christian Christmas.
最終，教堂成功地將辳神節的歡樂、彩燈和禮物都轉移到基督教節日聖誕節。
www.newpower.org.cn - The Roman feast of Saturnalia was a weeklong winter solstice party that overturned social norms, including masters served slaves.
MSN: The crazy ways we mark winter solstice — shortest day of year - The reverberating, echo-driven chant that opens "Idle Hands" — from the first Gutter Twins album, Saturnalia — sounds as if it were written to rev up a stadium crowd.
NPR: 'Idle Hands' and the Hammer of the Gods
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英英字典
- an ancient Roman festival celebrated in December: renowned for its general merrymaking