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fest

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fest /fest/ noun  a beer/song/food etc fest an informal occasion when a lot of people do a fun activity together, such as drinking beer, singing songs, or eating food 啤酒节/音乐节/食品节等 slugfest
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festSedona ran its second annual film fest a few weeks ago.There are a number of exciting acts featured at this year's fest.
-fest /fest/ suffix [in nouns] informalused to form nouns referring to events that have a lot of a particular thing or have a very great effect of a particular kind 〔用于构成名词,指某一类活动或某种极强的效果〕 a talkfest 长时间讨论 a snoozefest (=a very boring event) 无聊至极的事Origin fest (1800-1900) German Latin festum; → FESTIVE
informal a Corpus an of people when do a occasion fun lot


fest
fest /fest/ noun
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: German
 Origin: Latin festum; festive
a beer/song/food etc fest an informal occasion when a lot of people do a fun activity together, such as drinking beer, singing songs, or eating food
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