hold revels
collocation举行狂欢活动
They held their revels in the old castle.
他们在古城堡里举行狂欢活动。
狂欢；欢宴
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狂欢；欢宴
An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
The carnival was a wild revel that lasted all night.
嘉年华是一场持续整夜的狂欢。
寻欢作乐；庆祝活动。
An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
一种舞蹈。
A kind of dance.
守灵。
A wake for the dead.
They spent the weekend in a constant revel with music and dancing.
他们整个周末都在音乐和舞蹈中狂欢。
The revels of the festival drew crowds from nearby towns.
节日的狂欢吸引了附近城镇的人群。
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举行狂欢活动
They held their revels in the old castle.
他们在古城堡里举行狂欢活动。
醉酒狂欢
The drunken revels did not end until dawn.
醉酒狂欢直到黎明才结束。
午夜狂欢
Midnight revels were common in that era.
午夜狂欢在那个时代很常见。
喧闹的欢宴
A noisy revel broke out in the tavern.
酒馆里爆发了一场喧闹的欢宴。
化装舞会
She was the star of the masked revel.
她是那场化装舞会的明星。
我们的狂欢现已结束。
In Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero says 'Our revels now are ended' as the magical performance fades.
在莎士比亚的《暴风雨》中，普洛斯彼罗在魔法表演消散时说：“我们的狂欢现已结束。”
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联想：revel 里藏着 'rev'（发动机轰鸣声），想象引擎轰鸣、人们纵情狂欢的场面。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、festive narratives revel 作名词表示“狂欢；欢宴”时，通常用于文学或较正式的叙述，多出现在描写节日、庆祝活动的语篇；日常口语中较少见。另两个义项（一种舞蹈、守灵）更显陈旧，需结合上下文判断。
作名词时，常为不可数，但也可有复数形式revels表示多次狂欢。
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