[N-COUNT 可数名词]宴会；筵席；盛宴 A feast is a large and special meal.
Lunch was a feast of meat and vegetables, cheese, yoghurt and fruit, with unlimited wine...
午餐很丰盛，有肉、蔬菜、奶酪、酸奶、水果， 酒无限量供应。
The fruit was often served at wedding feasts...
婚宴上经常有水果供应。
On the following day a feast was given in King John's honour.
第二天设宴款待约翰王。
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[VERB 动词]饱餐；尽情地吃；大快朵颐 If you feast on a particular food, you eat a large amount of it with great enjoyment.
[V on n]
They feasted well into the afternoon on mutton and corn stew...
他们吃玉米炖羊肉一直吃到下午。
Starving dogs feasted on the human corpses.
饿狗贪婪地啃食着人的尸体。
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[VERB 动词]参加宴会；赴宴 If you feast, you take part in a feast.
[V]
Only a few feet away, their captors feasted in the castle's banqueting hall.
仅在几英尺外，捉拿他们的人正在城堡的宴会厅里大吃大喝。
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The feasting, drinking, dancing and revelry continued for several days.
一连几天都是宴会、痛饮、舞蹈和狂欢。
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[N-SING 单数名词]大量(赏心悦目的事情)；盛宴 You can refer to a large number of good, interesting, or enjoyable things as a feast of things.
[with supp]
This new series promises a feast of special effects and set designs...
这部新的系列剧将会是一场特效和舞美的盛宴。
Chicago provides a feast for the ears of any music lover.
《芝加哥》将给所有音乐爱好者献上一场听觉的盛宴。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]宗教节日；宗教节庆时间 A feast is a day or time of the year when a special religious celebration takes place.
The Jewish feast of Passover began last night...
犹太人的宗教节日逾越节昨晚开始了。
At Christmas the visitors began their circuit of dropping in on the eve of the feast day.
圣诞节时，客人们在节日前夜开始逐家拜节。
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[PHRASE 短语]目不转睛地看；凝视 If you feast your eyes on something, you look at it for a long time with great attention because you find it very attractive.
[V inflects]
She stood feasting her eyes on the view.
她驻足凝神欣赏这片景色。
Oxford
feast/fiːst; NAmEfiːst/
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feastfeastsfeastedfeastingnoun1a large or special meal, especially for a lot of people and to celebrate sth 盛宴；宴会◆a wedding feast婚筵2a day or period of time when there is a religious festival （宗教的）节日，节期◆the feast of Christmas圣诞佳节◆a feast day一个宗教节日3[usually singular ]a thing or an event that brings great pleasure 使人欢快的事物（或活动）◆a feast of colours五彩缤纷◆The evening was a real feast for music lovers.这个晚会真是让音乐爱好者大饱耳福。verb[intransitive ]feast(on sth) to eat a large amount of food, with great enjoyment 尽情享用（美味佳肴）IDIOMfeast your ˈeyes (on sb/sth)to look at sb/sth and get great pleasure 尽情欣赏；大饱眼福；赏心悦目feast/fiːst; NAmEfiːst/
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feast1 noun
feast2 verb
feastfeast1 /fiːst/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a large meal where a lot of people celebrate a special occasion → banquet: a wedding feast The king promised to hold a great feast for all his people.2a very good large meal: all the ingredients for a spaghetti feastmidnight feast (=a meal eaten secretly at night by children)3an occasion when there are a lot of enjoyable things to see or dofeast for Next week’s film festival should be a real feast for cinema-goers. The play is also a visual feast.4a day or period when there is a religious celebration: the feast day of St. Francis →
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COLLOCATIONSverbshave a feast· We decided to have a feast to celebrate the victory.give a feast· He gave a feast to which all the villagers were invited.hold a feast (=arrange for a feast to take place)· The feast was held in the college dining hall.prepare a feast· A catering company was hired to prepare the feast.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + feasta great feast (=a large and impressive feast)· A great feast took place at the palace.a wedding/marriage feast· This dish is traditionally served at wedding feasts.
feast1 noun
feast2 verb
feastfeast2 ●○○ verb
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1feast on/upon something to eat a lot of a particular food with great enjoyment: We feasted on chicken and roast potatoes.2feast your eyes on somebody/something to look at someone or something with great pleasure: If you like luxury cars, feast your eyes on these.3[intransitive] to eat and drink a lot to celebrate something
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