carnival

• n. 狂欢节，嘉年华会；饮宴狂欢

来自拉丁短语carne levare（同lever, 举起）, 把肉收起来，绝食。原指基督教40天大斋期前的狂欢，后俗化为carne vale, 与肉说再见，-val, 力量，词源同value, valediction(临别致辞，祝好，再见)。

carnival

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.

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.

临近傍晚时，狂欢节进入最后阶段。

来自柯林斯例句

4. It's like one enormous street carnival here.

这就像是一场盛大的街头狂欢节。

来自柯林斯例句

5. There is a local carnival every year.

当地每年都举行狂欢节。

来自《权威词典》