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wassail

/wos-uhl, -eyl, was-, wo-seyl/US // ˈwɒs əl, -eɪl, ˈwæs-, wɒˈseɪl //UK // (ˈwɒseɪl) //

帆船,扬帆,帆船赛,帆船运动

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.
    • : a festivity or revel with drinking of healths.
    • : liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, especially spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night.
    • : Archaic. a song sung in wassailing.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to revel with drinking.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to drink to the health or success of; toast.

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Examples

  • By the time he has gorged himself with wassail, as is his wont, he will not know an old Countess from a young one.

  • I have already arranged with an artist to do some pictures, and I remember I particularly ordered a robin and a wassail.

  • The wassail bowl originally meant a health-drinking vessel, and is of very ancient origin.

  • Deep into the night the drunken revelry resounded over the lake, until Father Olmedo remonstrated against such godless wassail.

  • And let the Wassail Cup abound, Whene'er the mummers' time comes round.