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/ˈkrɪsməs/
The time around December 25th, the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, and when many families give presents, eat together, and take a holiday.
聖誕節
複數 Christmases
核心畫面
The days around December 25th — the Christian celebration of Christ's birth, and in everyday life the season of presents, family meals, and time off work.
可以想成十二月底那一段被特別標記出來的日子。它有兩層:宗教上是基督徒紀念耶穌誕生的節日;日常生活裡則是一整段送禮物、…更多收起
可以想成十二月底那一段被特別標記出來的日子。它有兩層:宗教上是基督徒紀念耶穌誕生的節日;日常生活裡則是一整段送禮物、一家人圍在一起吃飯、學校和公司都放假的時節。英文用這個字時,常常不只指 12 月 25 日那一天,而是指前後那幾天的整個氣氛——所以會說 at Christmas(在聖誕節那段期間)、over Christmas(整個聖誕假期裡)。原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Christmasname詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/
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A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
- Do you celebrate Christmas?
- This Christmas we’ll open presents, then go to grandma’s for dinner.
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A surname.
Christmasnoun詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/
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regionalinformalSprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations; also (generally), any Christmas decorations.
- [T]he antient Britons employed for the decoration of their houſes, or, more properly ſpeaking, of their bovvers, branches of ever-green, in invitation to the ſpirits: a cuſtom, vvhich, hovvever the motive may be aboliſhed, is retained to this inſtant. That kind of verdure vvhich is uſed to deck the vvindovvs, and old halls, vve novv, by metonymy, call Chriſtmas.
- "Vere does the mince-pies go, young opium eater?" said Mr. Weller to the fat boy, as he assisted in laying out such articles of consumption as had not been duly arranged on the previous night. The fat boy pointed to the destination of the pies. "Wery good," said Sam, "stick a bit o' Christmas in 'em.[…]"
Christmasadj詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/
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Red and green in color.
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cookingfoodlifestyleOf a dish: having a sauce made with red (ripe) and green (unripe) chili peppers.
Christmasverb詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/
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informalTo decorate (a place) with Christmas (“sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations, or any Christmas decorations”).
- "Then look," said a gardener to me, "what's spent on a Christmasing the churches! Why, now, properly to Christmas St. Paul's, I say properly, mind, would take 50l. worth at least; aye, more, when I think of it, nearer 100l. I hope there'll be no 'No Popery' nonsense against Christmasing this year. I'm always sorry when anything of that kind's afloat, because it's frequently a hindrance to business."
- (Moving to the holly boughs.) Come on; let's finish Christmassing the place.
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obsoleterareTo bring (someone) Christmas cheer.
- Her labours feast imperial Night with sports, / Where loves are Christmass'd, with all pleasure's sorts; […]
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To celebrate Christmas.
- The 2016 campaign via TBWA Sydney asks the question, ‘How do Australians Christmas?’ with a film to be launched today featuring global superstar and style icon, Cate Blanchett.
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To spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place.
- I've Christmased since those palmy days / In many a varied spot, / And suffered many a weary phase / Of Christmas cold and hot.
- I have spent Christmas on the Severn, at Sharpness Point; in Paris, under siege, and among scenes of heartrending distress; among the Scotch hills, with Presbyterian severity, and I have Christmased in Normandy, where every tree seems green with mistletoe.
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To subject to Christmas celebrations.
- “[…] But there’s only so much joyful, greedy delight you can see in a young child’s eyes before you want to go screaming out for the nearest bar.” He tossed his handstitched, kidskin gloves onto the table top. “I’m about Christmassed-out, if you want to know.”
- "The kids claim they are all Christmassed-out and have disappeared in protest."
Christmasintj詞源 2/ˈkɹɪsməs/
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An expression of annoyance or surprise: Christ, Jesus Christ, Jiminy Cricket, Jiminy Crickets.
- "Christmas! I didn't know it," said Harvey, turning round. "I'll give you a dollar for it when I—get my wages. Say, I'll give you two dollars."
- "I've been tottering on the edge … Christmas!" His eyes brightened with a sudden thought. "How stupid I've been!" he cried at once.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。