festivity

英 [feˈstɪvəti]

美 [feˈstɪvəti]

n.  庆祝活动; 欢庆; 欢乐

复数：festivities　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13814 / COCA.10252

牛津词典

noun

• 庆祝活动
  the activities that are organized to celebrate a special event
• 欢庆；欢乐
  the happiness and enjoyment that exist when people celebrate sth
  1. The wedding was an occasion of great festivity.
     这个婚礼是喜庆盛事。
  2. an air of festivity
     欢庆的气氛

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 庆祝;欢庆
  Festivityis the celebration of something in a happy way.
  1. There was a general air of festivity and abandon.
     到处是一派纵情狂欢的气氛。
• N-COUNT 庆祝活动;庆典
  Festivitiesare events that are organized in order to celebrate something.
  1. The festivities included a huge display of fireworks.
     庆祝活动包括盛大的焰火表演。

英英释义

noun

• any joyous diversion
  Synonym:celebration

双语例句

• But I hope this festivity will end soon and I will be able to return to a more normal life.
  不过，我希望这些庆祝活动很快结束，而我亦可重过正常的生活。
• The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festivity for both the Han and minority nationalities.
  在中秋节，是为汉族和少数民族的传统节日。
• On that day, all the families will eat noodles or fried glutinous rice blocks, and pop corn as part of the festivity. In the Greek candy-store was the whine of a peanut-roaster, and the oil smell of nuts.
  这一天，家家户户还要吃面条、炸油糕、爆玉米花，以示吉庆。从那家希腊人开的糖果店里，传来了哔哩啪啦油炸花生的声音，散发着油炸花生的香味。
• A night of bacchanalian revelry; carousing bands of drunken soldiers; orgiastic festivity.
  痛饮狂欢的夜晚；一群酗酒狂欢的水手；狂欢的节日。
• I thought it was intended for festivity.
  我还以为只是为了图个喜庆呢。
• Paper-cut is very popular among the Chinese people, who like to use paper-cuts to decorate their rooms and add more festivity to the special day such as weddings, birthday, etc.
  剪纸是一项广受人们喜爱的民间艺术。无论日常生活、各种节日还是婚宴、寿宴等重要场合，人们都喜欢用剪纸来装点环境，烘托气氛。
• Legends about the origin of this festivity abound.
  关于这个节日的起源有很多种说法。
• If this meeting is over the holidays or at a holiday gathering, a little festivity is a nice touch.
  如果这次见面是在节假日或节日聚会，小节日也有小技巧。
• An atmosphere of festivity prevailed in South Korea's southeastern port city of Busan as a handful of events organized on the sidelines of Asia's largest film festival amused spectators.
  韩国东南部城市釜山整个城市都笼罩在一派节日的盛大氛围当中。亚洲最盛大的电影节在此举行，吸引了多方观众到此。
• And later a special cake with dates, chestnuts and meat was made to add more festivity to the special day.
  后来，人们增加了由红枣、栗子和肉做成的糕给这个节日增加更多的欢庆气氛。