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单词 sylvester-night
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Sylvester-night
St. Sylvester's day, December 31. Sylvester-eve, Sylvester-night [German Sylvesterabend] , the evening or night of December 31, New Year's Eve.
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year's dayOE
New Year's Dayc1175
hogmanay1681
singing-e'en1806
Sylvester1838
New Year's Eve1864
1838 S. Jackson tr. G. F. A. Strauss Reminisc. Lutheran Clergyman i. 50 I have never been able to feel joyful on Sylvester-eve, when I have spent it wholly in company.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. vii. 132 And so, the sylvester night passed away.
1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music viii. 276 In the villages of Northern Germany, it is not unusual for the cow~herd,..at midnight of Sylvester, to..sing a sacred hymn.
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