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单词 mardi gras
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Mardi Grasn.

Brit. /ˌmɑːdɪ ˈɡrɑː/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑrdiˈˌɡrɑ/
Forms: 1600s mardy Gras, 1700s–1800s Mardi gras, 1800s– Mardi Gras, 1900s– mardi gras.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Mardi gras.
Etymology: < French Mardi gras last day of Carnival (see also note s.v. carnival n. 1; earliest attested in 1552 as name of a personified character in Rabelais) < Mardi Tuesday (see Tuesday n. and adv.) + gras fatty, greasy, (of a day) on which the consumption of meat products is permitted (see grease n.).
Shrove Tuesday, esp. as celebrated in some traditionally Roman Catholic areas or regions with a carnival; the last day of the Carnival or pre-Lenten season. Also (in extended use): a carnival held at any time. Frequently attributive.Famous Mardi Gras carnivals outside France are held in Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, and Sydney.
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > pre-Lent or Shrove-tide festivities
Fastens1515
carnival1549
shroving1570
Mardi Gras1699
Moomba1955
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Sunday before Lent > [noun] > period following > first week of > Sunday, Monday, Tuesday of > Tuesday in
good tideOE
Fastingong1389
Shroveday14..
Fastern's Een1416
Fastgong1429
Fastingong Tuesday1448
Fastingong Evec1450
Fastern's Evec1475
Shrove Tuesdaya1500
Shrift Tuesday1542
shrift's even1568
Fastens Tuesday1585
gut-tide1608
Mardi Gras1699
Pancake Day1700
Pancake Tuesday1790
sharp-Tuesday1858
1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (ed. 3) 177 My Lord Ambassador was at a Ball at Monsieur de Montargis mardy Gras.
1780 T. Blaikie Diary Sc. Gardener (1931) 161 Went to Versailles..this being Mardi gras saw the people masked.
1832 Boston Evening Transcript 13 June 1/3 Yesterday was ‘Mardi Gras’—the last day of the reign of Folly.
1848 H. Greville Diary 8 Mar. (1883) I. 236 This motley crew..dressed more ludicrously than any masks on a Mardi-gras.
1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlvi. 465 The largest annual event in New Orleans is..the Mardi-Gras festivities.
1904 N.Y. Post 17 Sept. 3/4 At a special meeting of the Coney Island business men..$25,000 was subscribed to pay the expenses of the semi-centennial celebration and mardi gras on September 21, 22, 23.
1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options 184 The reception they were going to put up would make the Mardi Gras in New Orleans look like an afternoon tea in Bury St Edmunds with a curate's aunt.
1924 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 709/2 There are those to whom Mardi-Gras is yet a religious festival.
1931 H. Crane Let. 12 Dec. (1965) 392 It isn't any sort of Mardi-Gras mood at all that the Indians express, despite the flamboyant colors of their costumes.
1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) i. xiii. 88 The wicket-keeper lay flat on his back, complaining..that this was the longest he'd been on his feet since the gay mardi gras.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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