聖誕節的那段木頭
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log for the fire · noun
A large, thick piece of wood that some families burn in the fireplace on the evening before Christmas, as an old tradition.
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One way to hold this word: a thick piece of wood that belongs to one evening of the year. The shape is the part that travels — long, round, dark on the outside — so anything made in that shape for Christmas can take the same name.
可以想成：一段粗木頭，而且是專屬於一年裡某一個晚上的那一段。真正會跑到別的意思上的，是它的形狀——長長的、圓圓的、外面暗暗的。所以只要在聖誕節做成這個樣子的東西，就可以沿用同一個名字。
From the word’s history
Wiktionary records the compound as Yule + log: log is a thick piece of wood, and Yule is the old name for the Christmas season.
維基詞典記錄這個複合詞是 Yule 加上 log。log 是一段粗木頭，Yule 是聖誕時節的舊稱。字面上合起來就是「聖誕時節的那段木頭」。
Wiktionary, "yule log"
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