paint the town red

短语

狂欢庆祝, 饮酒作乐

发音

US

词形变化

painted the town red painting the town red paints the town red 三单 paints the town red painting the town red 现在分词 painted the town red 过去式 painted the town red 过去分词

别名

paint the town

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.

    狂欢作乐

    习语

    It was the end of term and students decided to celebrate by painting the town red.

词源

US slang. Earliest known use 1884. Various theories include the red from bonfires, the heat from over-stoked paddle-wheel boilers, and town demarcation lines in the Wild West. A British claim attributing it to the actions of the Third Marquess of Waterford predates the first known use by decades.

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