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santa

/san-tuh; for 2 also Spanish sahn-tah/US // ˈsæn tə; for 2 also Spanish ˈsɑn tɑ //UK // (ˈsæntə) //

圣诞老人,圣徒,圣人,圣母玛利亚

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Santa Claus.
    • : a river in W central Peru, flowing NW into the Pacific Ocean. About 200 miles long.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inFather Christmas
Synonyms
kriss kringle椒盐饼,椒盐卷饼,卷饼,椒盐酱saint nicholas圣尼古拉,圣尼古拉斯saint nick圣人尼克,圣徒尼克
as inKriss Kringle
Synonyms
father christmas圣诞老人,圣诞父亲,圣诞老爸,圣诞神父saint nicholas圣尼古拉,圣尼古拉斯saint nick圣人尼克,圣徒尼克
as inSanta Claus
Synonyms
father christmas圣诞老人,圣诞父亲,圣诞老爸,圣诞神父kriss kringle椒盐饼,椒盐卷饼,卷饼,椒盐酱saint nick圣人尼克,圣徒尼克

Examples

  • My three-year-old son, Sam, would be meeting Santa for the first time.

  • My son recently told me they do not plan to have a Christmas tree or have Santa as part of their holiday at their home.

  • Instead, my Santa in 2020 came from the hand of love, which does not need desperate pleas, but tenderness and devotion.

  • Perhaps if you believe in Santa again, someone will bring you a house next year too.

  • I love this visit to a Christmas-y apartment in 1950s New York, this check-in at Santa’s office, and this peaceful mountain cabin in the middle of a blizzard.

  • What, I suspect, we really want from Santa is peace (and quiet) at home for the holidays.

  • An office manager, he says, was wearing an apron with Santa on it.

  • So, feeling “a little loopy” from beers, he sat down and wrote a letter to Santa Claus.

  • The incident sparked his belief in Santa, but he would have to wait nearly two decades before dressing up as Jolly St. Nick.

  • Bohac vowed to that when he came back next year there would be no confusion about any Christmas tree or Santa aprons.

  • General Santa Anna is within a mile of us with fifteen hundred men.

  • He inclosed it under a cover to the Marquis Santa Cruz, who had a villa in the neighbourhood.

  • In the midst of these meditations, the dungeon door opened, and Santa Cruz himself appeared on the threshold.

  • Santa Cruz embraced him, with more agitation than his stately mien might have announced.

  • This filtration did not happen in Santa Rosa, on account of the quantity of hard copper ore on which the engine is situated.

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