morning gift

短语

晨礼

词形变化

morning gifts 复数

别名

morning-gift

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.

    晨礼

词源

Normalisation (after morning and gift) of Middle English morgengive, morhȝive, from Old English morgenġifu, morgenġiefu (“morning gift”), from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”), equivalent to morning + gift. Cognate with Dutch morgengave (“morning gift”), German Morgengabe (“morning gift”).

来源：wiktionary