revelry
revelry — 名詞
1. loud, lively celebration where large groups of people eat, drink, dance, and sin
狂歡喧鬧
大聲飲酒跳舞的慶祝活動
loud, lively celebration where large groups of people eat, drink, dance, and sing, often in public spaces and continuing late into the night
After the wedding ceremony, the revelry in the town square continued well past midnight.
婚禮結束後，廣場上的狂歡喧鬧一直持續到午夜過後。
collocation: revelry in [location]
The sound of revelry from the carnival parade could be heard several blocks away.
嘉年華遊行隊伍傳來的喧鬧慶祝聲，好幾個街區外都聽得到。
sound of revelry — sensory context
Devika's neighbours complained about the late-night revelry coming from her apartment.
Devika 的鄰居抱怨她家深夜傳出狂歡吵鬧的聲音。
Kasia and her friends joined the street revelry after the football team returned home with the trophy.
足球隊帶著獎盃返鄉後，Kasia 和朋友們加入了街頭的狂歡慶祝。
What began as a quiet dinner among friends soon turned into drunken revelry that lasted until dawn.
原本只是朋友間的安靜聚餐，不久就變成持續到天亮的酒醉狂歡。
- merrymaking
more old-fashioned and literary; suggests cheerful fun rather than wild behaviour
- carousing
emphasises heavy drinking in a group; stronger negative connotation
- celebration
neutral and broader; lacks the 'noisy/unrestrained' element
- festivities
more neutral, often refers to planned events rather than spontaneous partying
用法筆記
Often carries a mildly critical or disapproving tone when used to describe others' behaviour, especially with modifiers such as drunken or noisy. More common in literary and journalistic writing than in everyday conversation.