saturnalia
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌsætə'neɪlɪə]
- 美式音标 [ˌsætər'neɪlɪr]
- 国际音标 [,sætə'neiliə, -ljə]
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基本解释
- n.纵情狂欢
- Saturnalia.
- n.农神节（古罗马节日；从12月17日开始共7天）
英汉例句
- One week before the winter solstice, Romans began celebrating Saturnalia, an orgy of food and drink, in honor of Satyr, the god of agriculture.
在冬至一周前，罗马人开始庆祝农神节，纵酒狂欢，以纪念农业之神撒梯。 - These elements, including the Yule log from Yule and gift giving from Saturnalia, became syncretized into Christmas over the centuries.
这些元素，包括耶稣圣诞节的圣诞柴，农神节的互赠礼物等，经过几百年的发展，都逐渐交融在圣诞节中。 - Eventually, the church was successful in removing the merriment(5), lights and gifts from Saturnalia and transferring them to the celebration of a Christian Christmas.
最终，教堂成功地将农神节的欢乐、彩灯和礼物都转移到基督教节日圣诞节。
www.newpower.org.cn - The Roman feast of Saturnalia was a weeklong winter solstice party that overturned social norms, including masters served slaves.
MSN: The crazy ways we mark winter solstice — shortest day of year - The reverberating, echo-driven chant that opens "Idle Hands" — from the first Gutter Twins album, Saturnalia — sounds as if it were written to rev up a stadium crowd.
NPR: 'Idle Hands' and the Hammer of the Gods
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- an ancient Roman festival celebrated in December: renowned for its general merrymaking