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bacchant

/bak-uhnt, buh-kant, -kahnt/US // ˈbæk ənt, bəˈkænt, -ˈkɑnt //UK // (ˈbækənt) //

巴坎特(Bacchant)

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bac·chants, bac·chan·tes [buh-kan-teez, -kahn-]. /bəˈkæn tiz, -ˈkɑn-/.

    • : a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal.
    • : a drunken reveler.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : inclined to revelry.

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Examples

  • He was in this, just as he was in everything else, a remnant of a past age; he had merely been transformed into a Bacchant!

  • But shall I be more like a Bacchant holding the thyrsus in my right hand, or in this?

  • Scenes of bacchant excitement and of wildest abandonment may be witnessed here.