| 释义 |
‖ veillée, n.|vɛje|
[Fr., lit. ‘vigil’, ‘wake’, f. veiller to stay awake, keep watch.]
In French-speaking rural areas, a traditional evening social gathering of a family or community, often with singing, dancing, etc.
1891E. S. Hartland Sci. of Fairy Tales i. 7 The account given by M. Luzel of the Veillées in which he has often taken part in Brittany. 1955M. Barbeau Tree of Dreams 59 The veillée began early. Even before dark all the invited revellers had arrived. 1984Christian Science Monitor 20 Nov. 63/1 The veillées, sessions of rich talk by fire and lamplight till midnight, were swept aside..by the scourge of the century—television. |