• n. 祝賀，慶祝；節日，特別娛樂
• adj. 節日的，歡慶的；歡樂的
• n. (Gala)人名；(俄、德、西、意、葡、塞、捷、以)加拉

詞源不詳，原義為歡樂，引申義慶典。可能來自PIE*wel, 意愿，希望，詞源同will, gallant. 即按照自己的意愿尋找歡樂。

gala

gala: [17] Gala comes ultimately from Arabic khil’a, which denoted an ‘especially fine garment given as a presentation’. This original meaning persisted through Spanish gala and into Italian and French gala, from one or other of which English got it (‘Whereupon this King and the whole Court put on Galas [special festive attire]’, Cabala sive scrinia sacra 1654) and survived into the 19th century (‘Apparelled on Sunday morning in gala, as if for the drawingroom, he constantly marched out all his household to the parish church’, George Bancroft, History of the United States 1876).

Nowadays, however, all that remains is the extended sense ‘festive occasion’, first recorded in the late 18th century.

gala (n.)

1620s, "festive dress or attire" (obsolete), from French en gala, perhaps from Old French gale "merriment," from galer "rejoice, make merry" (see gallant). Klein suggests the French word is from Italian gala (as in phrase vestito di gala "robe of state"), perhaps from Arabic khil'a "fine garment given as a presentation." Sense of "festive occasion" (characterized by display of finery) first recorded 1777. Quasi-adjectival use in gala day "day of festivities," etc.

1. The gala evening was attended by royalty and politicians.

王室成員和政壇要人參加了這個晚會。

來自《權威詞典》

2. The Queen attended a gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall.

女王出席了在皇家音樂廳舉行的音樂盛會.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Christmas is a gala day.

圣誕節是個喜慶的日子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The gala culminated in a firework display.

晚會以大放煙火告終.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. This is a gala occasion.

這是一個歡樂的時刻.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》