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单词 junket
释义 jun·ket
I. \ˈju̇ŋkə̇t, ˈjəŋ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English jonket, junket, from (assumed) Old North French jonquette rush basket, diminutive of Old French jonchee, jonchie, from jonc rush, from Latin juncus — more at jonquil
dialect Britain : basket; especially : one for carrying or catching fish
II. \ˈjəŋkə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English ioncate, probably from Old Italian giuncata cream cheese, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin juncata, from Latin juncus rush
1.
 a. : a cream cheese or a dish of curds and cream
 b. : a dessert of sweetened, flavored milk that is set in a smooth jelly by rennet
 c. obsolete : a sweet dish, confection, or other delicacy
2.
 a. : a festive social affair : feast, banquet, party
  < the farm kitchen frequently was the setting for a country dance or junket — Marilyn Fenno >
 b.
  (1) : a pleasure trip, cruise, or outing
   < the junkets … attract hundreds of vacationers — Charles Rawlings >
   < a high-speed junket to a tropical port — William McFee >
   < our first junket by Italy's railroad system — Claudia Cassidy >
  (2) : a pleasure trip or tour made by an official at public expense ostensibly for purposes of inspection, investigation, or other public business
   < unnecessary junkets by state employees are taking big hunks out of the pockets of … taxpayers — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
   < this journey clearly is more than a junket — W.H.Lawrence >
  (3) : a tour or journey of any kind
   < the best description of a lecturing junket ever written — E.A.Weeks >
   < an agricultural junket through nine European countries — Newsweek >
   < back from a business junket through the eastern United States — E.T.Sager >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to make an entertainment : hold a junket : feast
2. : to go on a junket : tour
 < junketed like contemporary tourists — New York Herald Tribune >
transitive verb
: entertain, feast
 < these cowled academicians junketed and entertained princes — Norman Douglas >
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