| 单词 | secret santa |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSecret Santa Secret Santa n. (also with lower-case initial(s)) originally U.S. a person who gives a Christmas present anonymously, now usually by means of a type of gift exchange among a group of colleagues, friends, etc., whereby each participant is assigned (at random) another person for whom to provide a gift; (also) a gift exchange of this type. ΚΠ 1933 Bee (Danville, Va.) 22 Dec. 2/4 (headline) Plays secret santa, then kills self. 1969 Chicago Tribune 25 Dec. b12/1 Presents for the needy from a secret Santa. 1989 M. Moffatt Coming of Age in New Jersey ii. 32 ‘Secret Santa’, a favorite student festivity in the Rutgers dorms in the early 1980s. 1999 M. Bank Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing 240 In college, Bonnie was my Secret Santa. 2001 M. Lightstone Rogues & Vagabonds 128 The past two Christmases they had done Secret Santa, a sensible face-saving device when there are lots of gifts to buy and cash is in short supply. < as lemmas |
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