carnival

カーニバル、お祭り

音楽や街頭の催し、飾った車、特別な食べ物などを楽しむ祭り。

やさしい英語で： A public celebration with music, street shows, decorated vehicles, and often special food.

• The town holds a carnival every summer.
• Dancers in bright costumes led the carnival parade.
• We tried local food at the carnival.

類義語： festival

よく使う表現： street carnival, carnival parade, annual carnival

移動遊園地

乗り物やゲームなどの娯楽を提供しながら、各地を巡る催し。

やさしい英語で： A travelling event with rides, games, and other entertainment.

• The carnival arrived in town yesterday.
• We won a toy at a carnival game.
• The children tried every ride at the carnival.

類義語： funfair, fair

よく使う表現： travelling carnival, carnival rides, carnival games

謝肉祭、カーニバル

キリスト教の四旬節の前に、仮装や音楽、街頭行事で祝う祭り。

やさしい英語で： A celebration with costumes, music, and street events before the Christian period of Lent.

• Carnival comes before Lent.
• We visited Venice during carnival season.
• Thousands of dancers joined the carnival celebrations in Rio.

よく使う表現： carnival season, carnival in somewhere, carnival celebrations

狂騒、乱痴気騒ぎ

目立つ物や極端な行動が入り混じった、激しく混乱した状態。

やさしい英語で： A wild, confusing mixture of striking things or extreme behaviour.

• The scene was a carnival of chaos.
• The awards show became a carnival of expensive outfits.
• Their meeting turned into a carnival of absurd suggestions.

使い方： a carnival of something (The debate became a carnival of insults.)

よく使う表現： carnival of something, carnival of excess, carnival of colour