1. 1nA1/ˈkrɪsməs/聖誕節

    The time around December 25th, the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, and when many families give presents, eat together, and take a holiday.

    The time around December 25th,十二月二十五日前後的這段時間, the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ,基督徒慶祝基督誕生的這一天, and when many families give presents, eat together, and take a holiday.也是許多家庭互送禮物、一起吃飯、放假的時候。

    示範例句 · Example

    We always spend Christmas at my grandmother's house in Tainan.

    逐字我們總是在我奶奶位於台南的房子度過聖誕節。

    中文的「聖誕節」聽起來像一天,但英文的 Christmas 通常指「12 月 25 日前後那一段日子」——所以才會說 over Christmas(整個聖誕期間)、before Christmas(聖誕節前那幾週)、spend Christmas with family(跟家人過聖誕)。可以想成:Christmas 像一段被拉開的假期時光,Christmas Day 才是裡面那一天(12/25)。要指單獨那一天,就說 Christmas Day。

    常見搭配

    • Merry/Happy Christmas!

      聖誕快樂!

      something you say to people at Christmas

      She waved and called out, "Merry Christmas!"

    • spend Christmas

      過聖誕節

      to be in a place or with people for the Christmas period

      No one wants to spend Christmas alone.

    • celebrate Christmas

      慶祝聖誕節

      to do the special things people do at Christmas

      How does your family usually celebrate Christmas?

    • get/give something for Christmas

      聖誕節收到/送出某樣禮物

      to receive or give a present because it is Christmas

      What can I give Dad for Christmas?

    • at Christmas

      在聖誕節期間

      during the Christmas period

      We'll see you at Christmas.

    • over Christmas

      整個聖誕節期間

      through the whole Christmas period

      Julie went snowboarding over Christmas.

    • a white Christmas

      有雪的聖誕節

      a Christmas with snow on the ground

      They haven't had a white Christmas there for years.

    • a Christmas tree

      聖誕樹

      a decorated tree that people have in their homes at Christmas

      Put the gifts under the Christmas tree.

    用法接近

    Christmas DayChristmas EveNew YearThanksgivingEasterholiday

core核心畫面

The days around December 25th — the Christian celebration of Christ's birth, and in everyday life the season of presents, family meals, and time off work.

可以想成十二月底那一段被特別標記出來的日子。它有兩層:宗教上是基督徒紀念耶穌誕生的節日;日常生活裡則是一整段送禮物、一家人圍在一起吃飯、學校和公司都放假的時節。英文用這個字時,常常不只指 12 月 25 日那一天,而是指前後那幾天的整個氣氛——所以會說 at Christmas(在聖誕節那段期間)、over Christmas(整個聖誕假期裡)。

同家族的字

複數 Christmases

用法接近

Christmas DayChristmas EveNew YearThanksgivingEasterholiday

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Christmasname詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/

  • 1

    A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

    • Do you celebrate Christmas?
    • This Christmas we’ll open presents, then go to grandma’s for dinner.
  • 2

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 3

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 4

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 5

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 6

    A surname.

Christmasnoun詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/

  • 1

    regionalinformalSprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations; also (generally), any Christmas decorations.

    • [T]he antient Britons employed for the decoration of their houſes, or, more properly ſpeaking, of their bovvers, branches of ever-green, in invitation to the ſpirits: a cuſtom, vvhich, hovvever the motive may be aboliſhed, is retained to this inſtant. That kind of verdure vvhich is uſed to deck the vvindovvs, and old halls, vve novv, by metonymy, call Chriſtmas.
    • "Vere does the mince-pies go, young opium eater?" said Mr. Weller to the fat boy, as he assisted in laying out such articles of consumption as had not been duly arranged on the previous night. The fat boy pointed to the destination of the pies. "Wery good," said Sam, "stick a bit o' Christmas in 'em.[…]"

Christmasadj詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/

  • 1

    Red and green in color.

  • 2

    cookingfoodlifestyleOf a dish: having a sauce made with red (ripe) and green (unripe) chili peppers.

Christmasverb詞源 1/ˈkɹɪsməs/

  • 1

    informalTo decorate (a place) with Christmas (“sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations, or any Christmas decorations”).

    • "Then look," said a gardener to me, "what's spent on a Christmasing the churches! Why, now, properly to Christmas St. Paul's, I say properly, mind, would take 50l. worth at least; aye, more, when I think of it, nearer 100l. I hope there'll be no 'No Popery' nonsense against Christmasing this year. I'm always sorry when anything of that kind's afloat, because it's frequently a hindrance to business."
    • (Moving to the holly boughs.) Come on; let's finish Christmassing the place.
  • 2

    obsoleterareTo bring (someone) Christmas cheer.

    • Her labours feast imperial Night with sports, / Where loves are Christmass'd, with all pleasure's sorts; […]
  • 3

    To celebrate Christmas.

    • The 2016 campaign via TBWA Sydney asks the question, ‘How do Australians Christmas?’ with a film to be launched today featuring global superstar and style icon, Cate Blanchett.
  • 4

    To spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place.

    • I've Christmased since those palmy days / In many a varied spot, / And suffered many a weary phase / Of Christmas cold and hot.
    • I have spent Christmas on the Severn, at Sharpness Point; in Paris, under siege, and among scenes of heartrending distress; among the Scotch hills, with Presbyterian severity, and I have Christmased in Normandy, where every tree seems green with mistletoe.
  • 5

    To subject to Christmas celebrations.

    • “[…] But there’s only so much joyful, greedy delight you can see in a young child’s eyes before you want to go screaming out for the nearest bar.” He tossed his handstitched, kidskin gloves onto the table top. “I’m about Christmassed-out, if you want to know.”
    • "The kids claim they are all Christmassed-out and have disappeared in protest."

Christmasintj詞源 2/ˈkɹɪsməs/

  • 1

    An expression of annoyance or surprise: Christ, Jesus Christ, Jiminy Cricket, Jiminy Crickets.

    • "Christmas! I didn't know it," said Harvey, turning round. "I'll give you a dollar for it when I—get my wages. Say, I'll give you two dollars."
    • "I've been tottering on the edge … Christmas!" His eyes brightened with a sudden thought. "How stupid I've been!" he cried at once.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • Christmas season

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。