charivari
英 [,ʃɑːrɪ'vɑːrɪ]
- n. 喧闹的庆祝（等于shivaree）
英英释义
- 1. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
词态变化
复数: charivaris;
英文词源
- charivari (n.)
- "rough music," especially as a community way of expressing disapproval of a marriage match, 1735, from French charivari, from Old French chalivali "discordant noise made by pots and pans" (14c.), from Late Latin caribaria "a severe headache," from Greek karebaria "headache," from kare "head" + barys "heavy," from PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)).