Christmas

英 ['kr?sm?s]

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復(fù)數(shù):?Christmases;

Christmas 圣誕節(jié)

Christ，基督。mass, 彌撒，儀式。

Christmas (n.): late Old English Cristes m?sse, from Christ (and retaining the original vowel sound) + mass (n.2).

Written as one word from mid-14c. As a verb from 1590s. Father Christmas first attested in a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435-77. Christmas tree in modern sense first attested 1835 in American English, from German Weihnachtsbaum. Christmas cards first designed 1843, popular by 1860s. Christmas Eve is Middle English Cristenmesse Even (c. 1300).

1. "Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas," he lamented.: “圣誕節(jié)以來(lái)物價(jià)降了4成，”他悲嘆道。

2. "Will Joe be here at Christmas?" — "I expect so.": “圣誕節(jié)時(shí)喬會(huì)來(lái)這里嗎？”——“我想會(huì)的。”

3. Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded Christmas vacationers.: 當(dāng)局征用旅館房間安頓了3,000多名無(wú)處落腳的圣誕度假者。

4. She has yet to spend a Christmas with her husband.: 她還從沒(méi)和她的丈夫一起過(guò)過(guò)圣誕節(jié)。