Singles' Day

短语

光棍节

词形变化

Singles' Days 复数

别名

Single's Day Singles Day

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide.

    光棍节

    双11

    双十一

    可数

词源

Calque of Chinese 光棍節 /光棍节 (guānggùnjié). From being a day for single people who are not in a relationship, the complement of Valentine's Day. From Chinese slang for a bachelor without familial branches being a stick, and the set of ones in the date of 11/11 being a set of sticks, a set of singles. Originating at the University of Nanjing in the 1990s as Bachelors' Day, and popularized as a shopping event day by Alibaba in the 2000s.

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