a festival or large meeting concerned with a particular activity or interest 节日： 与特定活动或兴趣有关的节日或大型会议an annual food and wine fest 一年一度的食品和葡萄酒节 Tonight we'll review the highlights from the first week of the fest. 今晚我们将回顾节日第一周的亮点。
- -festcombining form
(in nouns 构成名词 an event involving a particular activity or with a particular atmosphere 节日；联欢；大型聚会 a jazzfest 爵士音乐节 a talkfest (= a session involving long discussions) 漫谈会 The movie was a real snoozefest (= it was really boring). 这部电影真是无聊透顶。 - (usually disapproving)
a lovefest (= in which people show too much affection for each other that may not be genuine) 爱筵
Word Originfrom German Fest ‘festival’.