wet the shamrock英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To go for an alcoholic drink, especially as part of a victory celebration or on Saint Patrick's Day. Ireland,idiomatic,informal,intransitive

— The Meadovv Trefoyls are called in Iriſh Shamrocks, […] The VVord Seamar Leaune and Seamar-orge, being in ſignification the ſame, […] This Plant is vvorn by the People in their Hats upon the 17. Day of March yearly, (vvhich is called St. Patrick’s Day.) […] Hovvever that be, vvhen they vvet their Seamar-oge, they often commit Exceſs in Liquor, vvhich is not a right keeping of a Day to the Lord; Error generally leading to Debauchery.

词形变化

wets the shamrock present,singular,third-person wetting the shamrock participle,present wet the shamrock participle,past wet the shamrock past wetted the shamrock participle,past wetted the shamrock past

词源

From wet (“to celebrate by drinking alcohol”) + the + shamrock (“trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland”), from the custom, also known as drowning the shamrock, of removing a shamrock worn on one’s clothing on Saint Patrick’s Day and placing it at the bottom of a glass which is then filled with an alcoholic beverage and consumed; according to some authorities the shamrock is then retrieved from the empty glass and thrown over the left shoulder.