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christmastide

/kris-muhs-tahyd/US // ˈkrɪs məsˌtaɪd //UK // (ˈkrɪsməsˌtaɪd) //

圣诞节,圣诞节,圣诞节期间,节日

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
    • : the period from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, especially in England.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It was also to such men that the revelry of Christmastide, Maytime, and the like were most precious.

  • A popular subject with the writers of burlesque for Christmastide has been the time-honoured one of Cinderella.

  • And at Christmastide Evelyn decked the great hall with holly and green boughs, and huge fires blazed on every hearth.

  • The good ship foundered two years ago last Christmastide, and father was foundered at the same time.

  • The Poem seems to halt here, and begin afresh with a description of Christmastide.