单词 | dreidel |
释义 | dreideln. 1. A small four-sided spinning top, with a Hebrew letter on each face, used in a children's game traditionally played at the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.The gambling game played with the dreidel involves adding to, taking from, or doing nothing to a central pot depending on what letter is face up after the dreidel is spun (cf. teetotum n.1 1a, which has similar rules). It is customary for children to use their Hanukkah gelt (see gelt n.2 Additions) as a stake. The Hebrew letters on the dreidel are nun, gimel, he, and shin (or, in Israel, peh), which are commonly believed to stand for the initial letters of the Hebrew phrase nēs gāḏōl hāyāh šam (or pō) ‘a great miracle happened there (or here)’. This phrase refers to the miracle which is believed to have occurred at the rededication of the Temple (commemorated at Hanukkah): a tiny amount of oil proved sufficient to keep the lamps in the Temple burning for eight consecutive nights. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] top13.. spilquernc1375 prill1440 spilcockc1440 whirligigc1440 nun1585 nun-gig1615 Roaring Meg1632 totum1706 teetotum1720 spinner1799 spinning-top1821 jenny-spinner1824 diabolo1905 dreidel1916 1916 Jewish Child 22 Dec. 4/1 The Chanukah toy we played with was the ‘dreidle’, which is a kind of top. 1934 S. Mazer Yossele's Holiday 50 The belfer will soon be here with the dredles. Your father left you Hanukkah money, and you may buy one. 1944 D. Pessin & T. N. Gezari Jewish Kindergarten 150 She takes this occasion to teach them a dreidel song. 1966 R. H. Rimmer Harrad Exper. (1967) 92 I spun the dreidl and lost..lost all my candy down the well. 1992 Canad. Living Dec. 15 Pipe festive decorations, such as stars, miniature Christmas trees or dreidels, onto waxed paper. 2003 Time Out N.Y. 4 Dec. 170/1 What could be more fun than dreidels and fried potato pancakes? 2. The gambling game played with a dreidel.See note at sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > top-spinning game pegtopa1652 peg in the ring1766 dreidel1920 1920 Young Judaean Nov. 86/1 Little David was an expert dreidle player and he felt sure that he could win his brothers' money from them. 1980 I. B. Singer Power of Light (1983) 3 Father..allowed us to play dreidel for half an hour. 2012 J. E. Plaut Kosher Christmas 1 Singing Hanukkah songs, playing dreidel, and giving and receiving presents for eight days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916 |
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