wassail英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion. countable,uncountable
The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc. countable,uncountable

— Add ſugar, nutmeg and ginger, / VVith ſtore of ale too; / And thus ye muſt doe / To make the vvaſſaile a ſvvinger.
Revelry. countable,uncountable

— In merry wassail he […] peals his loud song.
A festive or drinking song or glee. countable,uncountable

— Have you done your wassail? 'Tis a handsome, drowsy ditty, I'll assure you.

动词 v.

To toast, to drink to the health of another. transitive

— The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.
To drink wassail. intransitive
To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.

— Schoolchildren around the globe have gleefully sung Torches at Christmastime for half a century. Many of those in Birmingham have wassailed the carol at the front door of a cosy Victorian house in Moseley, unaware that behind that front door lives its composer.

词形变化

wassails plural wasseil alternative wassails present,singular,third-person wassailing participle,present wassailed participle,past wassailed past wasseil alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

wassailer wassail bowl

词源

词源 1

From Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperative of vesa (“to be”) + heill (“healthy”). The earliest documented use of the term is from the first part of the 12th century CE, in Geoffroy of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (see page's citations).

词源 2

From Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperative of vesa (“to be”) + heill (“healthy”). The earliest documented use of the term is from the first part of the 12th century CE, in Geoffroy of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (see page's citations).