| 单词 | handsel |
| 释义 | handsel /han"seuhl/, n. , v. , handseled, handseling or (esp. Brit.) handselled, handselling. n. 1. a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise. 2. a first installment of payment. 3. the initial experience of anything; first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow; foretaste. v.t. 4. to give a handsel to. 5. to inaugurate auspiciously. 6. to use, try, or experience for the first time. Also, hansel. [bef. 1050; ME handselne good-luck token, good-will gift, OE handselen manumission, lit., hand-gift (see HAND, SELL); c. Dan handsel, earnest money] |
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