confetti

FREQ #22108

n. 糖果, 五彩纸屑

发音

其它 /kənˈfɛ.ti/

词形变化

confettied confettiing confettis 三单 confettis confettiing 现在分词 confettied 过去式 confettied 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

    五彩纸屑

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.

    罕用 不可数

    … a pale and fair devotee of fashion who has left off eating confetti, and recovered her bloom.

    Emilio and Roberto had pooled their resources in money and had arranged with the cafe keeper for steaming thick chocolate, a slow-pouring syrup-like drink, the richest boccotoni, cream-filled heavy sfogliate, and almond confetti.

v.
  1. 1.

    To scatter with confetti.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

paper

相关短语

confetti cake confetti cakes Belfast confetti Irish confetti (作武器用的)石头, 石块, 砖, 砖块 champagne confetti

词源

Borrowed (possibly via French) from Italian confetti (literally “confections”), used to describe sugar-coated almonds, and by extension things imitating them (like pellets of plaster), which were thrown in Italy during festivities like Carnival and weddings. (This practice is mentioned in English since at least the 1810s.) The French and the English adopted the practice of celebrating weddings and other festivities by throwing such candies, or (by the late 1800s) tiny pieces of colored paper symbolizing them, partially displacing their earlier practice of throwing rice.

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