1APan occasion when there are performances of many films, plays, pieces of music etc, usually happening in the same place every year 〔电影、戏剧、音乐等的〕节,节庆,会演
Christmas is one of the main festivals in the Christian calendar.
圣诞节是基督教历的重大节日之一。
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
have/hold a festival 举办节庆活动
Tucson had a film festival last month.
上个月图森举办了电影节。
celebrate a festival 庆祝节日
The festival is celebrated each July.
每年七月庆祝这个节日。
go to a festival (also attend a festival formal) 参加节庆活动
nAn estimated 20,000 people had attended the festival.
appear/play/speak at a festival (=perform at a festival) 在会演中露面/演出/讲话
nSting is scheduled to appear at a festival in Amsterdam next month.
take part in a festival (=perform there) 参与会演
nThe school choir, which has taken part in the festival since 1980, is rehearsing every day.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + festival
a film/music/dance/arts festival 电影节/音乐节/舞蹈节/艺术节
The movie won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
该影片在戛纳电影节上获奖。
a rock/pop/jazz/folk festival 摇滚音乐节/流行音乐节/爵士音乐节/民间音乐节
nHe's appeared at folk festivals all over Europe.
a literary festival 文学节
nthe Cheltenham Literary Festival.
a beer festival 啤酒节
nthe famous Munich beer festival
nan international festival
an international festival of drama and dance
na cultural festival
A cultural festival will celebrate the traditions of the local people.
festival + NOUN
festival events 节庆活动
Many of the festival events are already sold out.
许多节庆活动的门票已销售一空。
a festival programme (=a series of events at a festival) 庆祝活动的节目
nThis year's festival programme includes musicians from all over the world.
a festival organizer 节庆活动组织者
nFestival organizers say they expect more than 50,000 visitors.
Examples from the Corpus
festival• Are you going to the Glastonbury festival this year?• I first heard them play at the Pittsburgh JazzFestival.• Hannukah is an eight-day Jewishfestival.• Jazz, film and literaturefestivals, entertainmentspectaculars and superstarconcerts.• the music festival in Salzburg• If you care to listen and take part in our festivals, feel free.• The Elizabethan is the heart and soul of the festival.• At a new universitiesfestival in Bradford he had run into Richard Neville.