carnival /'ka：mvl; 'karnavl/ n [U] public merrymaking and feasting, usu with processions of persons in fancy dress, esp in RC countries during the week before Lent; [C] festival of this kind. 公眾飲宴作樂(lè) (通常并有化裝游行，尤指天主敎國(guó)家在四旬齋前一周內(nèi)之狂歡); 狂歡節(jié); 嘉年華會(huì)。