spring festivaln.

Brit.

/ˌsprɪŋ ˈfɛstᵻvl/, U.S.

/ˌsprɪŋ ˈfɛstəv(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring n.¹, festival n.

Etymology: < spring n.¹ + festival n.In sense 2 after Chinese chūnjié, the usual name for the Chinese New Year (already in Middle Chinese; compare chūn spring and jié holiday). With this sense compare earlier Chinese New Year n. at Chinese adj. and n. Additions.

1. Any of various festivals held in the springtime, usually to mark the passing of winter into spring.

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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > other festivities

hoppingc1330

hocking1406

church ale1448

bid-alec1462

kirk-ale1543

maids' ale1547

quaff-tide1582

help-ale1587

clerk-ale1627

Chinese New Year1704

Rasa-yatra1767

spring festival1788

souling1813

gooding1818

walking day1826

yatra1827

triacontaëterid1839

pwe1842

Thomasing1847

hocking-ale1854

Mary-ale1857

Oktoberfest1859

Marymass1866

club-walking1874

Lag b'Omer1874

full moon festival1876

beerfest1877

Tanabata1880

Moon Festival1892

bierfest1908

sausage fest1908

Zar1931

rara1941

mas'1956

molimo1960

Kwanzaa1970

1788 J. Trusler Habitable World Described III. 252 To this evil Being they offer a horse at a spring festival.

1840 Cambr. Univ. Mag. 1 195 ‘The Little-Go’ is not the proper term for the great spring festival to which we refer.

1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice i. 4 The spring festival of Druidry.

1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 87 A spring festival..annually celebrated at Helston..named the ‘Furry’, or gathering.

1912 F. M. Cornford From Relig. to Philos. vi. 165 Spring festivals, such as the Anthesteria, are concerned..with the revocation of souls.

1953 R. Godden Kingfishers with Fire xi. 120 The Pundit asked Sophie if she wanted to go with him to..see the spring festival of Baisakhi.

1993 Eagle (Madison, New Jersey) 29 Apr. 3/1 The annual spring festival will be held on Sunday, May 2, when restaurants, retail shops, community groups and entertainers will join for an afternoon of food and entertainment on the historic green.

2010 Independent 25 Feb. 29 The spring festival of Holi, an event celebrated across the country with the raucous throwing of water and multi-coloured dyes.

2. With capital initials. (A name for) the Chinese New Year.

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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > in other calendars

Rosh Hashanah1594

Nowruz1614

Chinese New Year1704

spring festival1917

1917 Peking Gaz. 20 Jan. 6/2 The M.Ps will therefore have plenty of money to pay their annual bills at the old Chinese New Year, which is now called the Spring Festival.

1935 China Critic 7 Feb. 127/1 Whether we call it by the right name, or the Spring Festival,..a great portion of the people is still celebrating this New Year instead of the solar one.

1960 I. Havlů tr. J. Hejzlar Chinese Paper Cut-outs 8 We might even say that the Spring Festival is a festival of folk art, for it marks the time of greatest activity in popular drama.

1978 Nagel's Encycl.-Guide: China 338 New Year (yuan dan). New Year's Day is a much less important event in Chinese life than the beginning of the lunar year (Spring Festival).

2001 T. Parsons One for my Baby xxv. 220 Olga has..made every effort to enjoy the food and be enchanted by the rituals of Spring Festival, but it was all a bit forced, all a bit of a strain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spring festival
释义	spring festivaln. Brit. /ˌsprɪŋ ˈfɛstᵻvl/, U.S. /ˌsprɪŋ ˈfɛstəv(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring n.¹, festival n. Etymology: < spring n.¹ + festival n.In sense 2 after Chinese chūnjié, the usual name for the Chinese New Year (already in Middle Chinese; compare chūn spring and jié holiday). With this sense compare earlier Chinese New Year n. at Chinese adj. and n. Additions. 1. Any of various festivals held in the springtime, usually to mark the passing of winter into spring. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > other festivities hoppingc1330 hocking1406 church ale1448 bid-alec1462 kirk-ale1543 maids' ale1547 quaff-tide1582 help-ale1587 clerk-ale1627 Chinese New Year1704 Rasa-yatra1767 spring festival1788 souling1813 gooding1818 walking day1826 yatra1827 triacontaëterid1839 pwe1842 Thomasing1847 hocking-ale1854 Mary-ale1857 Oktoberfest1859 Marymass1866 club-walking1874 Lag b'Omer1874 full moon festival1876 beerfest1877 Tanabata1880 Moon Festival1892 bierfest1908 sausage fest1908 Zar1931 rara1941 mas'1956 molimo1960 Kwanzaa1970 1788 J. Trusler Habitable World Described III. 252 To this evil Being they offer a horse at a spring festival. 1840 Cambr. Univ. Mag. 1 195 ‘The Little-Go’ is not the proper term for the great spring festival to which we refer. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice i. 4 The spring festival of Druidry. 1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 87 A spring festival..annually celebrated at Helston..named the ‘Furry’, or gathering. 1912 F. M. Cornford From Relig. to Philos. vi. 165 Spring festivals, such as the Anthesteria, are concerned..with the revocation of souls. 1953 R. Godden Kingfishers with Fire xi. 120 The Pundit asked Sophie if she wanted to go with him to..see the spring festival of Baisakhi. 1993 Eagle (Madison, New Jersey) 29 Apr. 3/1 The annual spring festival will be held on Sunday, May 2, when restaurants, retail shops, community groups and entertainers will join for an afternoon of food and entertainment on the historic green. 2010 Independent 25 Feb. 29 The spring festival of Holi, an event celebrated across the country with the raucous throwing of water and multi-coloured dyes. 2. With capital initials. (A name for) the Chinese New Year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > in other calendars Rosh Hashanah1594 Nowruz1614 Chinese New Year1704 spring festival1917 1917 Peking Gaz. 20 Jan. 6/2 The M.Ps will therefore have plenty of money to pay their annual bills at the old Chinese New Year, which is now called the Spring Festival. 1935 China Critic 7 Feb. 127/1 Whether we call it by the right name, or the Spring Festival,..a great portion of the people is still celebrating this New Year instead of the solar one. 1960 I. Havlů tr. J. Hejzlar Chinese Paper Cut-outs 8 We might even say that the Spring Festival is a festival of folk art, for it marks the time of greatest activity in popular drama. 1978 Nagel's Encycl.-Guide: China 338 New Year (yuan dan). New Year's Day is a much less important event in Chinese life than the beginning of the lunar year (Spring Festival). 2001 T. Parsons One for my Baby xxv. 220 Olga has..made every effort to enjoy the food and be enchanted by the rituals of Spring Festival, but it was all a bit forced, all a bit of a strain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788
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