单词 | réveillon |
释义 | réveillonn. In France and other French-speaking countries: a feast or celebration held in the early hours of the morning; (originally) one held after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve; (later also) one taking place on the morning of New Year's Day. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > Christmas feast Christmas dinner1581 yule banquet1629 yule feasta1661 réveillon1766 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas yulea900 wassailing1742 réveillon1766 junkanoo1825 quaaltagh1835 1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 98 Such nocturnal meetings are the Wakes of the Britons; the Reveillons of the French, the Medianoche of the Spaniards. 1781 tr. Countess de Genlis False Friends i. iii, in Theatre of Educ. (ed. 2) III. 259 They talked of having a reveillon after the ball. 1803 E. Wynne Diary 25 Dec. (1940) III. iv. 98 Xmas Day. Sunday. We had midnight Prayers and a Reveillon. 1878 M. B. Betham-Edwards Brother Gabriel II. xv. 256 A second invitation from the timber merchant, this time to attend midnight mass with his family, on New Year's Eve, and afterwards to partake of the accustomed Réveillon or collation. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. iii. 240 The whole Quartier seemed alive with the réveillon. 1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos xiii. 170 Turned up for the réveillon of New Year's Eve. 1932 H. Nicolson Diary 1 Jan. (1966) 104 He had spent réveillon at the Fabre–Luces and had been kept up..till 8 am. 1971 Guardian 9 Dec. 11/5 A few loose segments [of garlic] to perfume the new year Reveillon soup. 1994 Canad. Geographic Nov. 38/1 My mother was preparing for the réveillon, the celebration after the midnight mass on Christmas Eve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1766 |
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