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单词 fete
释义 fete
I. noun
or fête \ˈfāt, usu -ād.+V\
(-s)
Etymology: French fête, from Middle French feste, from Old French — more at feast
: a festive celebration or entertainment : festival
 < the fete of the Assumption of the Virgin in Paris >
 < the village fetes go on, as English as a cowslip — C.G.Glover >
 < Class Day, the great fete of the year — Catherine D. Bowen >
specifically : an often outdoor entertainment on a lavish scale
 < fetes in the park of the Château of Versailles with sky, water, and sylvan illuminations and amplified music and discourses — Janet Flanner >
II. transitive verb
or fête \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French fêter, from Middle French fester, from Old French, from feste, n.
: to honor (a person) or commemorate (an event) with a fete
 < feted the royal visitors with banquets and parades >
: entertain
 < when the circus came to town … he would welcome the train in the railway yards, fete the performers — Green Peyton >
: celebrate
 < feted his recovery with ice cream and cake >
 < literary weeklies here all feted her with photographs of herself and with the compliments of others — New Yorker >
: extol
 < Sade has been feted as a great thinker — François Bondy >
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