bacchant
/bak-uhnt, buh-kant, -kahnt/US // ˈbæk ənt, bəˈkænt, -ˈkɑnt //UK // (ˈbækənt) //
巴坎特(Bacchant)
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n.名词 noun
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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
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- : 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.
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