| 单词 | gesundheit |
| 释义 | gesundheit[ guh-zoont-hahyt ] / gəˈzʊnt haɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gesundheit ON THESAURUS.COM interjection(used to wish good health, especially to a person who has just sneezed.) Origin of gesundheit1905–10, Americanism;<German: literally, health, equivalent to gesund healthy (Old High German gisunt;see sound2) + -heit-hood Words nearby gesundheitgesticulate, gesticulation, gestosis, gesture, Gesualdo, gesundheit, get, geta, get a bang out of, get about, get a break Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gesundheit
British Dictionary definitions for gesundheitgesundheit / German (ɡəˈzʊnthait) / sentence substitutean expression used to wish good health to someone who has just sneezed Word Origin for gesundheitfrom gesund healthy + -heit -hood; see sound ² 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 Cultural definitions for gesundheitGesundheit [ (guh-zoont-heyt) ] German for “good health.” Like the English phrase “Bless you,” it is conventionally said to someone who has just sneezed. This reflects the superstition that a sneeze can cause the soul to fly out of the body; saying the phrase prevents this from happening. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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