英语词汇“first-foot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

first-foot

verb [with object]

Be the first person to cross the threshold of the house of (someone) in the New Year, in accordance with a Scottish custom: they set out to first-foot their neighbours...

It's February, and I've still not been first-footed from New Year yet.
But while these special editions are enjoyable in their own right, if you're expecting to be first-footed by a whisky connoisseur, it might be good idea to have a decent bottle of the straightforward stuff to hand.
Because the parents are involved, you feel you should offer out nips along with the sweeties… it's like being first-footed by the Addams Family.

noun

The first person to cross a householder’s threshold in the New Year.At every door in the street there is a shivering first-foot whose task, once the bells have chimed, is to enter and prevent the family from being prisoners in their own home.

Derivatives

first-footer

noun ...

You sit in the dark hoping to avoid carol singers and first-footers.
It's a little way into this year of 2001 but I thought we'd best play safe and have a first-footer, or first guest of the year, from Scotland.

单词	first-foot
释义	first-foot verb [with object] Be the first person to cross the threshold of the house of (someone) in the New Year, in accordance with a Scottish custom: they set out to first-foot their neighbours... It's February, and I've still not been first-footed from New Year yet. But while these special editions are enjoyable in their own right, if you're expecting to be first-footed by a whisky connoisseur, it might be good idea to have a decent bottle of the straightforward stuff to hand. Because the parents are involved, you feel you should offer out nips along with the sweeties… it's like being first-footed by the Addams Family. noun The first person to cross a householder’s threshold in the New Year.At every door in the street there is a shivering first-foot whose task, once the bells have chimed, is to enter and prevent the family from being prisoners in their own home. Derivatives first-footer noun ... You sit in the dark hoping to avoid carol singers and first-footers. It's a little way into this year of 2001 but I thought we'd best play safe and have a first-footer, or first guest of the year, from Scotland.
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