| 单词 | poppy day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPoppy Day Poppy Day n. a day on which the dead of the First World War (1914–18), and later also of other conflicts, are commemorated by the wearing of an artificial poppy (cf. sense 8); (also) the day preceding this, on which these poppies are sold on the streets. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc. day of truce1486 Evil May Dayc1590 Bonfire Night1661 Pope Day1769 Pope Night1773 the Fourth (of July)1779 Town Taking Day1788 Independence Day1791 Independent Day1803 Guy Fawkes day1825 Bastille Day1837 Trafalgar Day1837 Turkey Day1870 Canada Day1882 Juneteenth1890 flag-day1894 Patriots' Day1894 Remembrance Day1895 twelfth1896 Quatorze Juillet1899 quatorze1915 Armistice Day1918 Poppy Day1921 Remembrance Sunday1925 VJ-day1944 Commonwealth Day1958 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] > solemn or religious remembrance minda1325 obsequyc1385 wreath-laying1888 Remembrance Day1895 Veterans Day1912 silence1919 Poppy Day1921 Remembrance Sunday1925 moment of silence1942 1921 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 26 Jan. 5/3 Major Wade C. Christy..is said to have originated the [American] Legion's ‘Poppy day’ and the idea of selling poppies on the street to be worn in remembrance of our dead heroes of the World war. 1921 Times 6 Oct. 7/3 (heading) ‘Poppy Day’. Lord Haig's new scheme for ex-service men. 1971 Guardian 28 Oct. 7/3 The Royal British Legion..faces a continuing drop in the number of collectors on Poppy Day. 1999 N.Z. Herald (Electronic ed.) 23 Apr. Today is officially Poppy Day, when hundreds of RSA volunteers, armed with 900,000 red paper flowers, will invade the nation's streets. < as lemmas |
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