orgy

英 [ˈɔːdʒi]

美 [ˈɔːrdʒi]

n.  奢靡的聚会; 狂欢会; 放纵; 放荡

复数：orgies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14476 / COCA.15880

牛津词典

noun

• 奢靡的聚会；狂欢会
  a party at which there is a lot of eating, drinking and sexual activity
  1. a drunken orgy
     纵酒狂欢会
• 放纵；放荡
  an extreme amount of a particular activity
  1. The rebels went on an orgy of killing.
     叛乱者肆意杀人。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指纵欲的）狂欢聚会
  Anorgyis a party in which people behave in a very uncontrolled way, especially one involving sexual activity.
  1. It was reminiscent of a scene from a Roman orgy.
     这一幕让人想起古罗马荒淫的狂欢宴会。
  2. ...a drunken orgy.
     纵酒狂欢会
• N-COUNT 放纵；无节制
  You can refer to an activity as anorgyof that activity to emphasize that it is done to an excessive extent.
  1. One eyewitness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction...
     一位目击者称暴徒肆无忌惮地到处进行破坏。
  2. He blew £533,000 in an 18-month orgy of spending.
     他在18个月的奢靡生活中挥霍了533,000英镑。

英英释义

noun

• a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  Synonym:debauchdebaucherysaturnaliariotbacchanalbacchanaliadrunken revelry
• secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
• any act of immoderate indulgence
  1. an orgy of shopping
  2. an emotional binge
  3. a splurge of spending
  Synonym:bingesplurge

双语例句

• In1921, the year he became the first comic actor to make$ 1 million a year, he was accused of raping and murdering an actress during an orgy at a San Francisco hotel.
  1921年，大胖阿巴克尔成为第一位年挣百万美金的喜剧演员后，他被指控在旧金山饭店的一次狂欢中强奸并谋杀了一名女演员。
• Christmas, for many people, involves an orgy of spending, which is good for the economy.
  对许多人来说，圣诞节就意味着纵情狂欢地去购物，这对于经济大有好处。
• This is an orgy of evidence.
  这是我们称为证据泛滥。
• Extraordinary optimism sustained an orgy of speculation.
  极端乐观主义纵容了疯狂的投机事业。
• They have an orgy every year and call it a religious festival!
  他们每年都要举行狂欢节还管那些叫做宗教节日！
• Instead, recruitment is often an orgy of hyperbole.
  而事实上，招聘常常是没边儿的夸张。
• Emperor Nero attended the bacchanalian orgy.
  尼禄皇（罗马暴君）参加了狂饮的祭酒神仪式。
• I indulged in an orgy of housework.
  我整天埋在干不完的家务堆里。
• Then his writing became an orgy of pragmatism or brutal realism.
  后来他的作品变得豪放，有些兽性的现实主义。
• An orgy of riots broke out across Greece after a policeman shot a teenager dead in Athens.
  自一名警察在雅典射杀了一名青少年以来，希腊各地爆发了骚乱。