wassail

['wɔseil]

v.干杯,举行酒宴
n.祝酒时用的酒,祝酒辞,酒宴

词形变化：

名词: wassailer | 动词过去式: wassailed | 动词过去分词: wassailed | 动词现在分词: wassailing | 动词第三人称单数: wassails |

n.

1. 酒宴

2. 祝酒词(意为祝君健康); 祝酒时所用的酒

vi.

举行酒宴; 参加酒宴; 干杯

vt.

向……祝酒

int.

(祝健康)干杯!

wassail

过去式：wassailed

过去分词：wassailed

现在进行时：wassailing

词形变化：

名词: wassailer | 动词过去式: wassailed | 动词过去分词: wassailed | 动词现在分词: wassailing | 动词第三人称单数: wassails |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

festival

wassail['wɔseil; -səl; 'wæ-]n.1.■旧时欢宴上的祝酒词，意为“祝你健康”2.■祝酒时饮用的酒3.■酒宴；尤指圣诞节的酒宴4.■[英国方言]挨家挨户唱圣诞节颂歌5.■[古语]圣诞歌，祝酒歌vi.1.■举杯祝酒；痛饮2.■[英国方言]挨家挨户唱圣诞节颂歌vt.1.■为…而干杯；向…祝酒

1. [mass noun]spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve
   （主显节前夕和圣诞节前夕祝酒时用的）加香料的淡啤酒;加糖和香料的温热葡萄酒
   ■lively and noisy festivities involving the drinking of plentiful amounts of alcohol; revelry
   （热闹）酒宴；狂欢
   

1. [no obj.]drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way
   痛饮
   ■[with obj.](historical)(in SW England) drink to (fruit trees, typically apple trees) in a custom intended to ensure a fruitful crop
   (史)（英格兰西南部）（为确保好收成而）向（果树，尤指苹果树）祝酒
   
2. go from house to house at Christmas singing carols
   挨家挨户唱圣诞节颂歌
   here we go a-wassailing.
   我们这就去挨家挨户唱圣诞节颂歌。
   

1. Middle English wæs hæil 'be in (good) health!': from Old Norse ves heill (compare with hail). The drinking formula wassail (and the reply drinkhail 'drink good health') were probably introduced by Danish-speaking inhabitants of England, and then spread, so that by the 12th cent. the usage was considered by the Normans to be characteristic of Englishmen
   

wassail

名词 wassail:

a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas

动词 wassail:

celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

同义词：revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify

propose a toast to

同义词：toast, drink, pledge, salute

wassail

■Wassail toast, singing one voice to a long friendship lang syne!

举杯痛饮，同声歌唱友谊地久天长！

■Wassail toast, simultaneous praise of Auld Lang Syne.

举杯痛饮，同声歌颂友谊地久天长。”

■It was a festive and sometimes boisterous adult affair characterized by the Yule log boar's head and wassail bowl.

圣诞节是节日，有时是兴高采烈成年人的事，其标志为：圣诞柴，野猪头，狂饮的酒碗。

■One of the oldest traditions at Christmas time is the "wassail bowl".

在12月24日这天晚上，一般全家人都要相聚在一起共进圣诞晚宴。

■To wassail specifically refers to going house to house, singing carols in order to receive food and drink, or possibly money to be donated to charity.

开怀畅饮就是挨家挨户地串门，并高唱颂歌以获酒肉，甚至可能从慈善机构获得慷慨资助。

■An age-old brew of the wassail bowl is a punch called "Lambswool", made of ale, roasted apples, sugar or honey, eggs cream and pieces of toasted bread.

有些西方人还习惯在圣诞晚宴的餐桌上摆一整头烤乳猪，英美等国的人们还喜欢在猪嘴里放上一只苹果。这个习惯可能源于一些较大的家庭，因为只有大家庭才有可能吃得了一头猪。

■To engage in or drink a wassail.

欢宴举行或参加酒宴

■Wassail, wassail, all over the town!

歌词或其它文本： 1.

■wassail bowl

爱杯

■By the time he has gorged himself with wassail, as is his wont, he will not know an old Countess from a young one.

等他像往常那样喝得酩酊大醉时，他就分不清谁是年纪大的伯爵女士，谁是年纪轻的伯爵小姐了。