| 单词 | piñata |
| 释义 | piñata[ peen-yah-tuh, pin-yah-; Spanish pee-nyah-tah ] / pinˈyɑ tə, pɪnˈyɑ-; Spanish piˈnyɑ tɑ / noun, plural pi·ña·tas [peen-yah-tuhz, pin-yah-; Spanish pee-nyah-tahs]. /pinˈyɑ təz, pɪnˈyɑ-; Spanish piˈnyɑ tɑs/.(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents. Origin of piñata1885–90; <Spanish: literally, pot <Italian pignatta, probably derivative of dial. pigna pinecone (from the pot's shape) <Latin pīnea, noun use of feminine of pīneus of the pine tree; see pine1, -eous Words nearby piñatapinang, pinard, Pinar del Río, Pinard's maneuver, pinaster, piñata, Pinatubo, Pinay, pin back one's ears, pinball, pinballer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for piñatapiñata / (ˌpɪnˈjata) / nouna papier-mâché party decoration filled with sweets, hung up during parties, and struck with a stick until it breaks open Word Origin for piñataSpanish, from Italian pignatta, probably from dialect pigna, from Latin pinea pine cone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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