| 单词 | to see the year in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto see the (new) year in (b) to see the (new) year in and variants: to remain awake in order to mark or celebrate the start of a new year, at midnight on 31 December. ΚΠ 1839 Mirror of Lit. 19 Jan. 35/1 Let's merrily sing the New Year in, And have no thought of sadness.] 1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 134 It's eleven o'clock now, and shall I tell you what we three are doing? Watching the Old Year out and the New Year in. 1916 M. Diver Desmond's Daughter iii. x. 227 Accepting an invitation to..‘see the New Year in’ with Thea. 1939 H. Nicolson Diary 31 Dec. (1967) II. 52 I do not stay to watch the New Year in or the Old Year out. I write this diary at 11.45 and shall not wait. 1952 R. Macaulay Let. 2 Jan. (1961) 243 A lot of people prefer to merry-make, and see the year in with babble and revel and wine. 1993 S. Marshall Nest of Magpies (1994) xxxix. 332 We returned to Benedict's refreshed and looking forward, in time to see the New Year in there together. < as lemmas |
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