Wassail

['wɒseɪl;'wɒs(ə)l;'wæ-] or ['wɑsel]

解释:

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

录入:玛格利特--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

(n.) An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.

(n.) The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool.

(n.) A festive or drinking song or glee.

(a.) Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.

(v. i.) To hold a wassail; to carouse.

阿方索整理

同义词及近义词：

n. Carousal, revelry, revels, saturnalia, debauch, orgies, potation, compotation, SPREE, convivial entertainment, jollification, drunken bout.

克利福德整理

解释:

n. the salutation uttered in drinking a person's health a festive occasion: a drunken bout: a liquor consisting of ale with roasted apples sugar nutmeg and toast once much used on festive occasions.—v.i. to hold a wassail or merry drinking-meeting: to drink to the health of.—ns. Wass′ail-bout a carouse; Wass′ail-bowl -cup a cup from which healths were drunk; Wass′ailer one who wassails or drinks wassail: a reveller.

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