“étrenne”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

étrenne

释义

‖ étrenne|etrɛn|
[Fr., older estreine:—L. strena.]
A New Year's gift; a Christmas box, gift.
1802C. Wilmot Let. 3 Jan. in Irish Peer (1920) 31 A hundred whimsical little ‘bon bons’, I have been given by ‘Monsieur et Madames’, as ‘Étrennes’ or New Year's gifts.1834K. H. Digby Mores Cath. v. vii. 234 The faithful were forbidden to give etrennes.1880Disraeli in Buckle Life (1920) VI. 505 Osborne has sent me, as an étrenne a most beautiful book.1883Sat. Rev. 24 Mar. 377/1 Mme. de Witt's magnificent volume belongs to the class of étrennes.1928Observer 29 Jan. 12/3 The concierges..demand..the abolition of their étrennes.

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