| 单词 | cake-cutting ceremony |
| 释义 | > as lemmascake-cutting ceremony 1. The action or an act of cutting a cake, esp. as a customary ritual at a wedding or other celebratory event; (also) a celebration of this type. Frequently as a modifier, esp. as cake-cutting ceremony. ΚΠ 1827 W. P. Scargill Blue-stocking Hall II. xxii. 282 We agreed that I should be allowed to repose in peace, and that the..cake-cutting, and all the idle mummery of a bridal day, should go on without me. 1856 ‘D. Butler’ Heirs of Blackridge Manor I. xix. 274 She rushed into the room where the cake-cutting and tea-making went on. 1964 High Point (N. Carolina) Enterprise 25 Oct. 2 d/1 A man who doesn't know any better might get the wrong notion that women don't do anything but go to meetings, cake cuttings and bridge games. 2010 S. Choron & H. Choron Planet Wedding i. 76/2 The traditional cake-cutting ceremony symbolizes the first task that bride and groom perform jointly as husband and wife. < as lemmas |
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