| 单词 | christmas day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChristmas Day Christmas Day n. the day on which the festival of Christmas is celebrated, the 25th of December.Some jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church mark the day using the Julian calendar, in which 25 December corresponds to 7 January in the modern (Gregorian) calendar.See the note at calends n. 1a for an explanation of the form of the date in quot. OE. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [noun] yulea900 yule-daya900 midwinter tideeOE midwinterOE Christmas DayOE ChristmasOE good tideOE midwinter dayOE Christenmasc1330 nativity1389 Nowellc1400 noel1435 pacea1450 Xmas1551 yule-tide1572 Christ-tide1581 Christmastide1590 Christmastime1617 yule time1787 Xmassing1788 festive season1794 Crimbo1928 Chrissie1946 OE On Length of Shadow (Tiber.) in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1866) III. 218 On viii kalend Ianuarii þæt byð on cristesmæssedæg byð seo sceadu to underne..seofon & twentigoþan healfes fotes. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 66 Þat oþer ioie of þat may wes o Cristesmasse day, when God wes bore. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 236 (heading) Pistle on Cristemasse day. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 470 King Henry..did in the honour of Christes birth on Christmas day refreshe all the pore people with victuall. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1655 (1955) III. 164 There was no more notice taken of Christmas day in Churches. 1873 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Wooing o't II. x. 223 Christmas Day was all that Christmas Day ought to be—clear, crisp, bright. 1947 C. S. Churchill Let. 26 Dec. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xxiv. 548 We spent a happy & peaceful Christmas Day & we drank your health & Sarah's before we fell to on the fat turkey. 2014 Irish Times 14 Jan. 13/6 I had nothing in the house for Christmas Day and everywhere was closed. < as lemmas |
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