Tetn.

/tɛt/

Etymology: Vietnamese.

a. The Vietnamese lunar New Year. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > new year or early part of > in specific calendar

Tet1885

1885 J. G. Scott France & Tongking v. 104 The especial great season for every one, rich and poor, is the new year, the Têt, the Annamese new year..which corresponds with the Chinese and falls about the beginning of February.

1885 J. G. Scott France & Tongking v. 105 At a season such as the Têt, the evil spirits are particularly active and spiteful on account of the general rejoicing.

1931 H. Norden Wanderer in Indo-China iii. 55 Tet is the month-long New Year's festival which begins a month later than the Occidental new year. During Tet all work is suspended.

1968 Times 30 Jan. 4/1 The United States and South Vietnam authorities announced today that they would not observe the 36-hour Tet (Lunar New Year) truce.

1973 Times 28 Dec. 5/1 More than 4,000 civilian and military prisoners still held by the South Vietnamese and the communists are to be released before the Tet (Buddhist new year) celebrations on January 23.

1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 359 The truce agreed on for the traditional Tet (New Year) holiday in Vietnam would start on Wednesday 8 February, and finish on Sunday afternoon, 12 February.

b. Tet offensive n. in the war in Vietnam, an offensive launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces on 30 January 1968.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > specific attack

Pearl Harbour1942

Tet offensive1968

1968 Times 17 Feb. 4/4 The Vietcong Tet new year offensive was evidence of the correctness of the United States analysis.

1968 Times 19 Feb. 1/5 The Vietcong are expected to follow up their Tet offensive.

1977 J. Crosby Company of Friends xiv. 95 The CIA had missed the Tet offensive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tet
释义	Tetn. /tɛt/ Etymology: Vietnamese. a. The Vietnamese lunar New Year. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > new year or early part of > in specific calendar Tet1885 1885 J. G. Scott France & Tongking v. 104 The especial great season for every one, rich and poor, is the new year, the Têt, the Annamese new year..which corresponds with the Chinese and falls about the beginning of February. 1885 J. G. Scott France & Tongking v. 105 At a season such as the Têt, the evil spirits are particularly active and spiteful on account of the general rejoicing. 1931 H. Norden Wanderer in Indo-China iii. 55 Tet is the month-long New Year's festival which begins a month later than the Occidental new year. During Tet all work is suspended. 1968 Times 30 Jan. 4/1 The United States and South Vietnam authorities announced today that they would not observe the 36-hour Tet (Lunar New Year) truce. 1973 Times 28 Dec. 5/1 More than 4,000 civilian and military prisoners still held by the South Vietnamese and the communists are to be released before the Tet (Buddhist new year) celebrations on January 23. 1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 359 The truce agreed on for the traditional Tet (New Year) holiday in Vietnam would start on Wednesday 8 February, and finish on Sunday afternoon, 12 February. b. Tet offensive n. in the war in Vietnam, an offensive launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces on 30 January 1968. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > specific attack Pearl Harbour1942 Tet offensive1968 1968 Times 17 Feb. 4/4 The Vietcong Tet new year offensive was evidence of the correctness of the United States analysis. 1968 Times 19 Feb. 1/5 The Vietcong are expected to follow up their Tet offensive. 1977 J. Crosby Company of Friends xiv. 95 The CIA had missed the Tet offensive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1885
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