英语词汇“saturnalia”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	saturnalia
释义	sat·ur·na·lia \ˌsad.ə(r)ˈnālyə, ˌsatə-, -lēə\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Latin, from neuter plural of saturnalis of or relating to Saturn, from Saturnus Saturn + -alis -al 1. usually capitalized : the festival of Saturn in ancient Rome beginning on December 17 and celebrated with feasting, exchange of gifts, and tumultuous revelry and presided over by a king chosen by lot < a survival of the ancient Saturnalia or of some other pagan rite of orgiastic nature — C.B.Kelland > 2. singular, plural saturnalias also saturnalia sometimes capitalized a. : an unrestrained often licentious celebration or spectacle : orgy < the saturnalia of an American Legion convention turning Cleveland into Paris for a week — D.W.Brogan > < a saturnalia of blood and crime in which … the guilty are not punished for the most flagrant violation — Sheldon Glueck > < pilferings of … rum from her barroom for his noisy saturnalias — Wilmon Menard > b. : an excess of emotion or immorality < rushed in a saturnalia of faith to spell out its … consequences for the solitary soul — S.E.Whicher > < sacrifice of the state, in a veritable saturnalia of corruption — C.G.Bowers >
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