单词 | trick or treat |
释义 | trick or treatnoun variants or trick-or-treat ˈtrik-ər-ˈtrēt : a Halloween practice in which children wearing costumes go from door to door in a neighborhood saying "trick or treat" when a door is opened to ask for treats with the implied threat of playing tricks on those who refuse … a whimsical 1951 Saturday Evening Post cover on which costumed children are surprised by a disguised adult who opens the door for trick-or-treat. Antiques and The Arts Weekly trick-or-treat intransitive verb trick-or-treated; trick-or-treating; trick-or-treats I drive home at lunch and pick the boys up for trick-or-treating. Marcus is a rancher and Howie's an accountant. He's wearing thick fake lips and carrying a ledger. The Park's the only safe place to trick-or-treat anymore. George Saunders trick-or-treater noun plural trick-or-treaters A year ago, his wife suggested that he might feel better if he wore his old pirate-captain costume when he opened the door to trick-or-treaters, but a little boy in the first group of callers—a four-year-old who was ferociously costumed as a snaggletoothed monster—burst into tears at the sight of him. Calvin Trillin trick-or-treating noun This is a guy who went trick-or-treating in catcher's gear while the rest of his friends dressed as mummies and mass murderers. Franz Lidz |
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