Easter egg

短语

n. 复活节彩色蛋

发音

AU /ˈiː.stəɹ ˌɛɡ/

词形变化

Easter eggs 复数 Easter eggs

别名

EE

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter and, in the Western European tradition, sometimes hidden for children to find.

    复活节彩蛋

    复活蛋

  2. 2.

    A chocolate confection in the shape of an egg, sometimes with chocolates or sweets inside.

    复活蛋

  3. 3.

    An undocumented function hidden in a program or video game, typically triggered by a particular input sequence or combination of keystrokes.

    计算机 工程 数学 游戏

    an Easter egg that displays the names of the application's development team

  4. 4.

    Any image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie, trailer, or poster.

    彩蛋

    引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

candy confect

下位词 1

chocolate egg

词源

From Easter + egg. Cognate with German Low German Ooosterei (“Easter egg”), Middle High German ōsterei ("Easter egg"; > modern German Osterei). So called because eggs would be eaten during Easter to break the fasting during Lent. (No eggs, dairy, meat except fish, lard, or foods containing these ingredients could be eaten during Lent.) The computing sense is from the early 1980s, popularized by the video game Adventure.

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