orgy

来自希腊语orgia,神秘仪式，尤指祭祀酒神Bacchus的仪式，来自PIE*werg,工作，做工，举行仪式，词源同organ,work.因在这种仪式上通常会大量饮酒，酒后乱性，通常演变成狂欢会，纵欲会甚至最终出现极其淫荡的场面。

orgy

orgy: [16] Orgy comes ultimately from Greek órgia (like English organ, a descendant of the Indo-European base *worg- ‘work’), which denoted ‘religious revels involving dancing, singing, getting drunk, and having sex’. It was a plural noun, and passed into English via Latin orgia and French orgies as orgies. This was very much a historical term, denoting the goings-on in ancient Greece, but in the 18th century it was singularized to orgy, and used for any ‘copulatory revelry’.
=> organ, work

orgy (n.)

1560s, orgies (plural) "secret rites in the worship of certain Greek and Roman gods," especially Dionysus, from Middle French orgies (c. 1500, from Latin orgia), and directly from Greek orgia (plural) "secret rites," especially those of Bacchus, from PIE root *werg- "to do" (see organ). The singular, orgy, was first used in English 1660s for the extended sense of "any licentious revelry." OED says of the ancient rites that they were "celebrated with extravagant dancing, singing, drinking, etc.," which gives "etc." quite a workout.

1. It was reminiscent of a scene from a Roman orgy.

这一幕让人想起古罗马荒淫的狂欢宴会。

2. He blew £533,000 in an 18-month orgy of spending.

他在18个月的奢靡生活中挥霍了533,000英镑。

3. One eye-witness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction.

一位目击者称暴徒肆无忌惮地到处进行破坏。

4. The rebels went on an orgy of killing.

叛乱者肆意杀人。

5. I indulged in an orgy of housework.

我整天埋在干不完的家务活儿里.