| 释义 |
fête or fete /fet or fāt/ noun- An outdoor function with entertainments, stalls, refreshments, etc, often in aid of a charity
- A festival
- A holiday
- The festival of the saint whose name one bears
transitive verb- To entertain at a feast
- To honour with festivities
ORIGIN: Fr fête champêtre /shã-pe-tr’/ noun - A rural festival or garden party
- An early 18c genre of French painting, typically showing courtly figures in a rural setting (also called fête galante), associated mainly with Jean Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
Fête-Dieu /dyø/ noun The festival in honour of the Eucharist, Corpus Christi |