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wassail
- IPA[ˈwɒseɪl]
英式
- spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve；lively and noisy festivities involving the drinking of plentiful amounts of alcohol; revelry
- drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way；(in south-western England) drink to (fruit trees, typically apple trees) in a custom intended to ensure a fruitful crop
verb: wassail, 3rd person present: wassails, gerund or present participle: wassailing, past tense: wassailed, past participle: wassailed
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名詞
- 1. spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve a mighty bowl of wassail in which the apples were hissing and bubbling
- ▪ lively and noisy festivities involving the drinking of plentiful amounts of alcohol; revelry I arrived in Eastcheap, that ancient region of wit and wassail
動詞
- 1. drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way he feasted and wassailed with his warriors
- ▪ historical (in south-western England) drink to (fruit trees, typically apple trees) in a custom intended to ensure a fruitful crop it is the custom, in the cider districts of Sussex, to wassail the apple trees
- 2. go from house to house at Christmas singing carols here we go a-wassailing
- a large bowl in which wassail was made and from which it was dispensed for the drinking of toasts.
Oxford Dictionary
- a large bowl in which wassail was made and from which it was dispensed for the drinking of toasts.
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈwäsəl]
美式
- spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve: a mighty bowl of wassail in which the apples were hissing and bubbling
- drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way: he feasted and wassailed with his warriors
Oxford American Dictionary
