单词 |
songfest |
释义 |
songfest orig. and chiefly N. Amer.|ˈsɒŋfɛst| [f. song n. + fest: cf. G. sängerfest.] An informal session of group-singing; a festive sing-song.
1912J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. 9/1 Songfest, a feast of song. 1916Dialect Notes IV. 354 Songfest. ‘There's to be a songfest at the church Friday night.’ 1953Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 Nov. 9/1 According to the ‘New York Times’:..Their problem has been greatly complicated by the fact that each time they have tried to speak to the prisoners through the camp public address system the P.O.W. bosses have organised song fests, thrown rocks..or set up a deafening clamour. 1961‘I. Ross’ Old Students Never Die (1963) viii. 109 The image of Jackie and Alison, holding hands and bowing to us after their little songfest. 1979Yale Alumni Mag. Apr. 30/2 Fifty members of the two groups gathered for a gay, impromptu songfest in Pushkin Square. |

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