| 单词 | new year's eve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNew Year's Eve New Year's Eve n. (also †New Year's Even) the last day of the year, 31 December; spec. the evening of this day, often marked with a celebration. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > New-year's day or eve year's dayOE New Year's Dayc1175 hogmanay1681 singing-e'en1806 Sylvester1838 New Year's Eve1864 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1669 Þer þay dronken & dalten..on nweȝerez euen. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlix. 319 And on newyers euen after they take harflete. 1705 in J. M. McPherson Primitive Beliefs N.-E. Scotl. (1929) 21 Of carrieing of lighted clevies or torches about their boats on new years even. 1828 J. K. Paulding New Mirror for Travellers 158 It was new year's eve, and Douw was invited to see out the old year at Judge Vander Spiegle's. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 739/1 The night of New-Year's Eve, ‘St. Sylvester's Eve’. 1924 H. L. Mencken Let. 22 Dec. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 181 Knopf is giving a grand and gaudy party New Year's Eve. 1986 J. D. Hamilton Bob Friday's Other Eye v. 20 The host tuned in the television coverage of New Year's Eve in Times Square. 2000 N.Y. Times 1 Jan. a2/2 A New Year's Eve party began at 8pm New Zealand time..in a garage at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. < as lemmas |
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