英语词汇“Bacchant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Bacchant

释义

Bacchant, n. (and a.)|ˈbækənt|
[ad. L. Bacchānt-em, n. (in L. fem. only: see next) f. pr. pple. of bacchāri, ad. Gr. βακχά-ειν to celebrate with frenzied gestures the festival of Bacchus.]
A. n. A priest, priestess, or inspired votary of Bacchus; hence, a drunken reveller, roysterer.
1699Boyer Fr. Dict. (1759), Bacchante, a Bacchant, a Priestess of Bacchus.1774Westm. Mag. II. 428 Bacchants reeling to the tipsy song.1853Trench Proverbs 134 The thyrsus-bearers are many, but the bacchants few.
B. as adj. Bacchus-worshipping, wine-loving.
1800Moore Anacreon iv. 15 Many a rose-lipped bacchant maid Is culling clusters in their shade.1821Byron Juan iii. xliii, Over his shoulder, with a Bacchant air, Presented the o'erflowing cup.

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