wet the shamrock

短语

发音

UK /ˌwɛt ðə ˈʃæmɹɒk/
US /ˌwɛt ðə ˈʃæmˌɹɑk/

词形变化

wets the shamrock 三单 wets the shamrock wetted the shamrock wetting the shamrock wetting the shamrock 现在分词 wetted the shamrock 过去式 wetted the shamrock 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To go for an alcoholic drink, especially as part of a victory celebration or on Saint Patrick's Day.

    爱尔兰 习语 非正式 不及物

词源

From wet (“to celebrate by drinking alcohol”) + the + shamrock (“trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland”), from the custom, also known as drowning the shamrock, of removing a shamrock worn on one’s clothing on Saint Patrick’s Day and placing it at the bottom of a glass which is then filled with an alcoholic beverage and consumed; according to some authorities the shamrock is then retrieved from the empty glass and thrown over the left shoulder.

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