| 单词 | candy cane |
| 释义 | > as lemmascandy cane candy cane n. originally U.S. a stick of hard striped candy with a hooked end, shaped like a walking stick, and traditionally eaten (or used as a decoration) at Christmas. ΚΠ 1866 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 237/2 Pointing to some mammoth candy canes which were displayed in a shop window across the street, he said..‘My little dear, just take me to the young lady, and you shall have those and enough candy to make you sick for a month’. 1875 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 21 Dec. What roguish audacity has planted a candy cane in papa's stocking, a candy slipper in mamma's! 1915 Presbyterian of South (U.S.) 22 Dec. 7/1 Mrs. Bronson slipped a small candy cane and an orange into the little stocking waving joyously in the fireplace. 2000 D. Harris Cute, Quaint, Hungry & Romantic 44 Families huddle around roaring fires sipping mulled apple cider while candles twinkle on trees festooned with candy canes. < as lemmas |
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