Christmas
英 ['krɪsməs]
中文詞源
Christmas 聖誕節Christ，基督。mass, 彌撒，儀式。
英文詞源
- Christmas (n.)
- late Old English Cristes mæsse, from Christ (and retaining the original vowel sound) + mass (n.2).
Written as one word from mid-14c. As a verb from 1590s. Father Christmas first attested in a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435-77. Christmas tree in modern sense first attested 1835 in American English, from German Weihnachtsbaum. Christmas cards first designed 1843, popular by 1860s. Christmas Eve is Middle English Cristenmesse Even (c. 1300).
雙語例句
- 1. "Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas," he lamented.
- “聖誕節以來物價降了4成，”他悲歎道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. "Will Joe be here at Christmas?" — "I expect so."
- “聖誕節時喬會來這裏嗎？”——“我想會的。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded Christmas vacationers.
- 當局征用旅館房間安頓了3,000多名無處落腳的聖誕度假者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She has yet to spend a Christmas with her husband.
- 她還從沒和她的丈夫一起過過聖誕節。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I just wanted to wish you a merry Christmas.
- 我隻想祝福你聖誕快樂。
來自柯林斯例句