| 单词 | bacchanal |
| 释义 | bacchanal (once / 6294 pages) nadj A bacchanal is a crazed party with drunken revelry, ecstatic sexual experimentation, and wild music. In a nutshell, it is "sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll." Bacchus was the Roman god of wine, which loosened the chains of social restraints; and so, the name of Bacchantes’ hedonistic, pleasure-filled gatherings were named bacchanals. Who might be a modern-day Bacchus? Elvis Presley had bacchanalian charisma. Now, this bit of trivia might impress your friends: the song we know as the Can-Can is titled "Bacchanale," from the opera Orpheus in the Underworld – that’s one hot steaming club jam going on down in Hades! WORD FAMILYbacchanal: bacchanalian, bacchanals+/bacchanalian: bacchanalianly USAGE EXAMPLESThe latest example: an alleged rape last month at an annual Halloween bacchanal in Georgetown. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) One of these, Titian’s “Bacchanal of the Andrians,” has returned here for the first time since it was sold in 1598. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) Wine: The Bayou Bacchanal at Bayou Bakery brings half-price bottles of wine to the Louisiana-themed restaurant’s Arlington and Capitol Hill locations after 5 p.m. Washington Post(Sep 08, 2016) 1n a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Syn|Hyper bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia revel, revelry unrestrained merrymaking 2n a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus Syn|Hyper bacchant buff, devotee, fan, lover an ardent follower and admirer 3n someone who engages in drinking bouts Syn|Hyper bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) 4adj used of riotously drunken merrymaking Syn bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic drunk, inebriated, intoxicated stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。