wassail

vi. 痛饮 vt. 为...干杯 n. 祝酒, 酒宴

发音

US /ˈwɑseɪl/
UK /ˈwɒseɪl/
UK /ˈwɒsl/
UK /ˈwæsl/

词形变化

wassails 复数 wassails wassailed wassailing wassails 三单 wassailing 现在分词 wassailed 过去式 wassailed 过去分词

别名

wasseil

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.

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  2. 2.

    The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.

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  3. 3.

    Revelry.

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  4. 4.

    A festive or drinking song or glee.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To toast, to drink to the health of another.

    及物

    The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.

  2. 2.

    To drink wassail.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

punch
动词

同义词 10

drink toast salute pledge racket revel jollify make merry make whoopee whoop it up

上位词 5

honor celebrate honour reward fete

下位词 4

give riot carouse roister

相关短语

wassail bowl

词源

From Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperative of vesa (“to be”) + heill (“healthy”). The earliest documented use of the term is from the first part of the 12th century CE, in Geoffroy of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (see page's citations).

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