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

• My colleagues and I warmly welcome you to share the festivity with us and thank you for your long-standing support to the development of China-India relations.
  我和我的同事们对你们的到来表示热烈欢迎，共同分享节日的喜庆，对你们长期以来支持中印关系发展表示感谢。
• To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity.
  庆祝以适当的庆祝或节日纪念某一事件。
• Legends about the origin of this festivity abound.
  关于这个节日的起源有很多种说法。
• She is always eager to have a finger in the pie if her neighbours are planning any little festivity.
  要是她的左邻右舍准备办任何小的喜庆事，她总是巴不得参与其事。
• The anniversary is the occasion for great festivity not just among native Norwegians but among all people of Norwegian descent, especially in the American Midwest.
  每年这一天不仅对挪威本地人，而且对世界各地的挪威裔，特别是对美国中西部的挪威裔来说，都是一个重大的纪念日。
• 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。
• There was a general air of festivity and abandon.
  到处是一派纵情狂欢的气氛。
• It is also celebrated in China, but only alloted a single day for festivity.
  在中国这个节日也是要庆祝的，但只有一天。
• 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。
• 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。