wassail / ˈwɒs əl, -eɪl, ˈwæs-, wɒˈseɪl /

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wassail3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person.
  2. a festivity or revel with drinking of healths.
  3. liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, especially spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night.
  4. Archaic. a song sung in wassailing.
v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to revel with drinking.
v. 有主动词 verb
  1. to drink to the health or success of; toast.

wassail 近义词

n. 名词 noun

celebration

v. 动词 verb

celebrate, toast

更多wassail例句

  1. By the time he has gorged himself with wassail, as is his wont, he will not know an old Countess from a young one.
  2. I have already arranged with an artist to do some pictures, and I remember I particularly ordered a robin and a wassail.
  3. The wassail bowl originally meant a health-drinking vessel, and is of very ancient origin.
  4. Deep into the night the drunken revelry resounded over the lake, until Father Olmedo remonstrated against such godless wassail.
  5. And let the Wassail Cup abound, Whene'er the mummers' time comes round.