2.[countableC]American EnglishAmEDL a noisyoutdoor event at which you can ride on special machines and play games for prizes 游乐场,流动游艺场〔喧闹的户外活动,有机动游戏、有奖摊位游戏等〕SYN British English funfair
3.[countableC]American EnglishAmESES a school event at which students play games for prizes 〔学校的〕游园会,嘉年华会
4carnival of somethingliterary an excitingmixture of things 激动人心的事物组合
Shakespeare’s carnival of images
莎士比亚笔下丰富生动的意象
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carnival• It was as wild as a carnival.• They dismiss synchro as carnivalentertainment, what Esther Williams did after she was an athlete.• They carried with them galvanic batteries of a type generally used for feats of entertainment at carnivals.• Yes, there was only the sea and the sky light carnival.• Caroline who had moved to a new area was asked by a neighbour to join a committee planning the localsummercarnival.• The sounds from the rides and the carnivalcontinued, nothing seemed out of place.• These pictures show some of the things that happened when Fateha, Louise, Anthony and Marlon went to the carnival.• Night fell upon, and spread its funerealpall over, a field of blood where death held unrestrainedcarnival!