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单词 festival
释义
festivalfes‧ti‧val /ˈfestəvəl/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfestival
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French, Latin festivus; ➔ FESTIVE
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Are you going to the Glastonbury festival this year?
  • Hannukah is an eight-day Jewish festival.
  • I first heard them play at the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival.
  • the music festival in Salzburg
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • At a new universities festival in Bradford he had run into Richard Neville.
  • If you care to listen and take part in our festivals, feel free.
  • Jazz, film and literature festivals, entertainment spectaculars and superstar concerts.
  • The Elizabethan is the heart and soul of the festival.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora public performance of music
a performance given by musicians: · There's a free band concert in Reid Park this afternoon.· Amanda has a solo in the school chorus concert this year.concert of: · Various performers will present a concert of Broadway music to benefit AIDS charities.go to a concert: · On Friday we're going to a concert of modern African music.
to go to see a particular singer or band perform - use this especially about going to see modern popular musicians: · Are you going to see Britney Spears this weekend?
when a musician or group of musicians performs a piece of music: · There are no tickets left for this evening's performance.performance of: · It is the first performance of Berlioz's Requiem in this city in over 20 years.live performance (=a performance that is not recorded): · Have you ever heard a live performance of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony?
informal a performance by a musician or group of musicians playing modern popular music or jazz: · We have a gig in L.A. on Thursday.do/play a gig (=perform at a concert): · They are doing about 30 gigs on their European tour.
an event lasting for a few days or weeks each year, in which many different musical groups or singers perform. It takes place in the same place every year: · I first heard them play at the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival.· Are you going to the Glastonbury festival this year?
WORD SETS
acrobat, nounact, verbacting, nounactor, nounactress, nounagent, nounarena, nounbig name, nounbill, nounblack comedy, nounbook, verbcast, nouncasting, nounclown, nouncomedian, nouncomedienne, nouncomedy, nouncomic, nouncompany, nounconcert hall, nounconjure, verbconjurer, nounconjuring, nounconservatoire, nounconservatory, nouncontortionist, noundisplay, noundouble act, nounduo, nounemcee, nounenact, verbencore, nounentertainer, nounentertainment, nounfestival, nounfinale, nounfirst night, nounfool, noungala, noungrand finale, nounguest, nounham, nounheadline, verbheartthrob, nounhigh wire, nounhypnotist, nounimpersonator, nounimpresario, nouninterlude, nounintermission, nouninterpret, verbinterpretation, nounintro, nounlive, adjectivemagic, nounmagician, nounmagic wand, nounmajorette, nounmanager, nounmask, nounmatinée, nounmatinée idol, nounmegastar, nounmime, nounminstrel, nounnarration, nounopening night, nounPA, nounpart, nounperform, verbperformance, nounperformer, nounpresentation, nounprincipal, nounproducer, nounprogramme, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounpublic, nounpunchline, nounraconteur, nounrecast, verbrecitation, nounrehearsal, nounrehearse, verbrepertoire, nounreprise, nounringside, nounroadshow, nounrole-play, nounsafety net, nounshow business, nounshowgirl, nounshow-stopping, adjectivesketch, nounslapstick, nounsleight of hand, nounsmash hit, nounsnake charmer, nounsold out, adjectiveson et lumière, nounstand-up, adjectivestand-up, nounstar, verbstooge, nounstraight man, nounstripper, nounstriptease, nounsuperstar, nountattoo, nountightrope, nountour, nountroubadour, nountroupe, nountumbler, nounventriloquist, nounvirtuoso, nounwooden, adjective
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· Tucson had a film festival last month.
· The festival is celebrated each July.
(also attend a festival formal)· An estimated 20,000 people had attended the festival.
(=perform at a festival)· Sting is scheduled to appear at a festival in Amsterdam next month.
(=perform there)· The school choir, which has taken part in the festival since 1980, is rehearsing every day.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + festival
· The movie won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
· He's appeared at folk festivals all over Europe.
· the Cheltenham Literary Festival.
· the famous Munich beer festival
· an international festival of drama and dance
· A cultural festival will celebrate the traditions of the local people.
festival + NOUN
· Many of the festival events are already sold out.
(=a series of events at a festival)· This year's festival programme includes musicians from all over the world.
· Festival organizers say they expect more than 50,000 visitors.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=special event where people can taste different types of beer)
· The Berlin Film Festival attracted more than 400 films from around the world.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The promoters say they hope that if the event becomes an annual festival, prices may then come down.· The programme for the Spring Thing, Darlington's annual festival of folk music, song and dance is out.· Suffolk, where the famous annual festival of music is held each year at Aldeburgh, is no exception.· The pupils participate in Junior School Assemblies twice a week and play an important part in the annual festivals and events.· Buxton is host to an annual summer arts festival.· There are annual morel festivals in four Michigan towns.
· Bad parties are unknown, and the great New Year festival, held in December, is the highlight of the calendar.· What was done at his great festival was open to all the world and is a living influence today.· At one of their great festivals they have the ritual of driving out the devils from their bodies.· The great festival, in September, came only every five years, but it lasted for nine days.· This is the answer of the messenger: Great is the festival hall where you are to be the only guest.· They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities.· These are described by Ovid in his great festival poem, Fasti.· This was one of the great Hebrew festivals and involved a sacrifice of two heifers, one ram and seven one-year-old lambs.
· Edinburgh international science festival will be held on 11-25 April 1992.· Nearby, there's an international festival of children's theatre and another of street theatre and music.
· We're also hoping to hold our very popular large beer festival in the autumn.
· Throughout the year, the city hosts a varied programme of major festivals.· The world's dominant religions require members to worship at least once a week and to attend a major festival every three months.· Both celebrated a major birth festival on 25 December.
· This year the show includes the National Kelsae Onion festival and terrific nursery exhibits.· So with another national hunt festival over let's take a last look back at Cheltenham nineteen ninety two.
· By contrast, the Protestant attack on traditional religious festivals was far less successful.· The most famous of ancient games, after all, was a religious festival in honor of Olympic Zeus.· This crucifix is the reason for one of the biggest and oldest religious festivals in Madeira.· All societies have social mechanisms for the release of tension, such as religious meetings, festivals and rituals.· Public holidays and religious festivals may also affect the availability of resort and hotel facilities.· In front of it, large-scale and public religious festivals took place, bringing temple and town together.· The religious festival, which began last Monday undoubtedly increases market demand for cast ewes.· The performances were part of a religious festival, the City Dionysia, in the Theatre of Dionysus.
NOUN
· A BEER festival is back on after the council overturned an arts centre's refusal to hold it.· We're also hoping to hold our very popular large beer festival in the autumn.· National, regional and local beer festivals present a vast range of beers to the public and help gain many new members.· But anyone who gets drunk at London's answer to the Munich beer festival is certain to be thrown out.· It is good fun, too, for branches organise regular beer festivals and brewery visits.· Maybe the mobile phones at the Docklands beer festival were no mere accident.· Branches produce newsletters, local beer and pubs guides and run beer festivals.
· The third issue provided four pages on London's underground film festival.· She was, of course, keenly interested in cinema, and her White House film festival was fast approaching.· It won a prize at the 1998 Gdynia film festival.· Kirby did manage to show it at a film festival in Florence.· He knew nothing about film festivals or foreign things.· The Edinburgh International Film Festival is the longest running film festival in the world and has experienced many ups and downs.· The Cannes film festival Bonjour les Français!· It was his first visit to a film festival anywhere in the world.
· Finally, there is a flower festival on the first Sunday in August.· Today they will hold a flower festival instead.
· To my surprise, she had never heard of harvest festivals.· Sunday, the following afternoon, the three of us went to a harvest festival at the Athens Fairgrounds.· It was as if a harvest festival were enacted daily, for throughout the hours of market the church bell tolled quietly.· People used to come here at night at harvest festival time and pray and dance.· October2000 Many Churches hold a harvest festival at this time of the year.· One of the courgettes has been allowed to grow into a marrow, ready for our own harvest festival.· One time the father was away on business, and the stepmother went out to a harvest festival.
· He appeared at the 1975 Berlin jazz festival with Jazztrack and with the Michael Gibbs orchestra.· The Chicago Tribune called it the most acclaimed jazz festival in the country.· In Aspen, Colorado, a two-day jazz festival donated its proceeds to Global ReLeaf.
· Later he became chairman of the orchestral committee for the Leeds music festival.· Nevertheless, by age 5, she was competing in regional music festivals.· Yet a link was sometimes provided by music, where the cathedral organist was involved with diocesan music festivals and other events.· The symphony collected about 3, 000 last September during the two-day Street Scene food and music festival downtown.· Nevertheless there will still be inter-school sport and competition at music festivals, chess championships and inter-school exhibitions of art.· Actually, what Merola proposed was a music festival to be performed at Stanford Stadium in June 1922.· You may also catch the village music festival with dancing happening on the third week of July.· It is a small commercial music festival which helps to support a large free family entertainment programme.
VERB
· Nearly 8,000 children attended the festival.· My family and I attended the festival last February.· The world's dominant religions require members to worship at least once a week and to attend a major festival every three months.· Read in studio A hundred and fifty thousand people are expected to attend a spectacular music festival over the weekend.
· Hindus celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights.· A later recognition of the relic occurred on July 23, 1894, which was celebrated by many festivals.· Both celebrated a major birth festival on 25 December.
· October2000 Many Churches hold a harvest festival at this time of the year.· On June 30, 1564, the settlers held the first thanksgiving festival on the continent.· Gene tells me that the citizens hold a tulip festival every year and that they also manufacture clogs.· Today they will hold a flower festival instead.· They're holding a huge festival in September with 70 balloons.
· Two years ago it worked out for me whilst I was playing the Greenbelt festival.· His trio played the Brecon festival in 1993 and the Glasgow festival the following year.
1an occasion when there are performances of many films, plays, pieces of music etc, usually happening in the same place every yearfestival of the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts2a special occasion when people celebrate something such as a religious event, and there is often a public holiday:  Christmas is one of the main festivals in the Christian calendar.COLLOCATIONSverbshave/hold a festival· Tucson had a film festival last month.celebrate a festival· The festival is celebrated each July.go to a festival (also attend a festival formal)· An estimated 20,000 people had attended the festival.appear/play/speak at a festival (=perform at a festival)· Sting is scheduled to appear at a festival in Amsterdam next month.take part in a festival (=perform there)· The school choir, which has taken part in the festival since 1980, is rehearsing every day.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + festivala film/music/dance/arts festival· The movie won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.a rock/pop/jazz/folk festival· He's appeared at folk festivals all over Europe.a literary festival· the Cheltenham Literary Festival.a beer festival· the famous Munich beer festivalan international festival· an international festival of drama and dancea cultural festival· A cultural festival will celebrate the traditions of the local people.festival + NOUNfestival events· Many of the festival events are already sold out.a festival programme (=a series of events at a festival)· This year's festival programme includes musicians from all over the world.a festival organizer· Festival organizers say they expect more than 50,000 visitors.
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