orgy
orgy
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- a wild party, especially one involving excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity
狂欢（尤指纵欲、纵酒的聚会）
he had a reputation for drunken orgies.
他有着喜欢纵酒狂欢的名声。
■excessive indulgence in a specified activity
无节制的行为
an orgy of buying.
尽情地大肆购物。 - (一般作orgies)historical secret rites used in the worship of Bacchus, Dionysus, and other Greek and Roman deities, celebrated with dancing, drunkenness, and singing
（用歌舞、纵酒等来祭祀酒神巴克斯和狄俄尼索斯以及其他希腊和罗马神的）秘密祭神仪式
- early 16th cent.: originally plural, from French orgies, via Latin from Greek orgia 'secret rites or revels'
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