English Dictionary

saturnalia

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌsætəˈneɪli.ə/

名詞

A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry.

日本語の意味

制限を受けず、欲望や悪習が抑えられずに振る舞われる、解放的な狂騒の期間。 / 封じられた規律や慣行を一時的に忘れ、自由奔放に振る舞う祭りや宴会のような期間。

After the strict winter of rationing, the town erupted into a saturnalia of feasting, dancing, and reckless laughter.

配給の厳しい冬の後、町は饗宴や踊り、無謀な笑い声が飛び交う、節度のない享楽の時期に突入した。

意味（1）

A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry.

a man who mounts the Hustings, must not allow himself to be sore-boned, or he invites his opponents to 'touch him on the raw,' not in the exercise of their malice, but their power; an election is a saturnalia."

saturnalias （ plural ）