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/fi͟ːst/
1
[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。

2
[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。

3
[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。

4
[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 ; NAmE fiːst /
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feast feasts feasted feasting
noun 1 a large or special meal, especially for a lot of people and to celebrate sth 盛宴;宴会 a wedding feast 婚筵 2 a 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) IDIOM feast 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 ; NAmE fiːst /
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feast1 noun
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feastfeast1 /fiːst/ ●●○ noun [countable]
Word Origin
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1a large meal where a lot of people celebrate a special occasionbanquet:  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
movable feast
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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Phrases
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
WDF

feast

[fi:st]feasted, feasting, feasts

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宴会(74%),酒席(11%),享乐(5%),节会(4%),请客(4%),款宴(2%)
n.筵席,宴会;节日
vt.享受;款待,宴请
vi.享受;参加宴会

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