| 单词 | nut-crack night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNut-crack Night Nut-crack Night n. British and U.S. regional Halloween. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Halloween (31 October) > [noun] All Hallow Evec1325 All Hallows' Eve1447 All Saints' Eve?c1550 Halloween1556 Nut-crack Night1731 1731 Poor Robin sig. B7 (table) Observations on November...1 Nutcrack Night... 5 Guy Fawks. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. App. 344 From the Custom of flinging [nuts]..into the Fire, it has doubtless had its vulgar Name of Nutcrack-Night. 1849 Gloss. Prov. Words Teesdale 91 Nut-crack neet, Nut-crack night, Allhallows Eve. It used to be the custom to reserve some nuts for this night. 1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 72/2 Holy-eve, or Nutcrack-night, is another of those seasons which abound with curious and superstitious practices. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 271 In Liverpool Hallowe'en is known as ‘Duck Apple’, in Newcastle ‘Dookie-Apple Night’, in Swansea ‘Apple and Candle Night’, in Pontypool ‘Bob Apple’ or ‘Crab Apple Night’, and in Durham ‘Nut Crack Night’. 2001 LaCrosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 1 Nov. People in Northern England and Scotland in the early 1800s began celebrating Nut Crack Night, when families would eat apples and nuts in front of a fire. < as lemmas |
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