carnival: [16] Etymologically, carnival means ‘raising flesh’ – that is, the ‘removal of meat’ from the diet during Lent (carnival was originally a period of merrymaking preceding Lent). It comes from medieval Latin carnelevāmen, a compound noun made up of carō ‘flesh’ (source of English carnal) and levāmen, a derivative of the verb levāre ‘lighten, raise’ (source of English lever, levity, and levy). => carnal, carrion, lever, levy
carnival (n.)
1540s, "time of merrymaking before Lent," from French carnaval, from Italian carnevale "Shrove Tuesday," from older Italian forms such as Milanese *carnelevale, Old Pisan carnelevare "to remove meat," literally "raising flesh," from Latin caro "flesh" (see carnage) + levare "lighten, raise, remove" (see lever (n.)). Folk etymology is from Medieval Latin carne vale " 'flesh, farewell!' " Meaning "a circus or fair" is attested by 1931 in North America.
中文解释
carnival：嘉年华就是从这个词音译的——狂欢节。
实用例句
1. The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.
大街的两旁种着蓝花楹，绽放的花朵汇成一片紫色的海洋。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The countdown to the Notting Hill Carnival is in its final hours.
诺丁山狂欢节已经进入了最后几个小时的倒计时。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.
