| 单词 | Mardi Gras |
| 释义 | Mardi Gras (once / 18555 pages) n Mardi Gras is a celebration at the beginning of the Christian Lent season. Cities that celebrate Mardi Gras typically have a festive parade with music and costumes. The most well-known Mardi Gras celebration happens in New Orleans, Louisiana. Though Mardi Gras literally means "fat Tuesday" in French, and the holiday falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before the Christian holiday Ash Wednesday, the celebration lasts much longer. For days, revelers play music and dance in the streets, many of them wearing masks and costumes. Historically, Mardi Gras was called "fat Tuesday" because it was the final day to feast before the fasting and praying of Lent. WORD FAMILYMardi Gras USAGE EXAMPLESThe next month, starting on 16 February, Clinton will open a much bigger run, the Mardi Gras Madness tour, which will stretch until 4 March. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) And the parking ban will be suspended during the first weekend of Mardi Gras. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) The parade rolls Feb. 27, the night before Mardi Gras. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n the last day before Lent Syn|Hyper Shrove Tuesday, pancake day Christian holy day a religious holiday for Christians 2n a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans Syn|Hyper Fat Tuesday carnival a festival marked by merrymaking and processions |
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