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单词 trick or treat
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Definition of trick or treat in English:

trick or treat

noun
  • A children's custom of calling at houses at Halloween with the threat of pranks if they are not given a small gift (often used as a greeting by children doing this).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unlike trick or treat, Mischief Night is a long-standing British tradition.
    • I've figured out how to put the trick in trick or treat.
    • When they play trick or treat, they throw broken eggs all over your doorstep if you don't give them something.
    • Police spokeswoman Alvina Kumar said: "Each year we receive complaints, particularly from elderly people who find trick or treat upsetting".
    • A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said unaccompanied children out after dark could be vulnerable any night of the year and that trick or treat night made them no safer.
    • This Halloween have all that candy ready for trick or treat and a scary movie already in the DVD player.
    • Extra police will patrol Stockport at Halloween after complaints about trick or treat kids.
    • It's definitely a case of trick or treat this weekend depending on where you're going in Wales.
    • Staffordshire Police is urging parents to dissuade their children from taking part in the Halloween activity known as trick or treat.
    • In response to Mrs Speedie's letter regarding trick or treat, all I can say is "Bah Humbug!"
    • The centre is holding a week of scary celebrations ending with a trick or treat day on Friday.
    • Today is the day for trick or treat.
    • As an elderly person who does not want to open the door at night to strangers, trick or treat can be a nightmare.
    • It's trick or treat time all this month in Salem, Massachusetts, the seaport north of Boston.
    • The police chief superintendent has warned that trick or treat could be considered a serious criminal offence.
    • At 7.30 pm recently we had an insistent ringing on the door by children dressed for trick or treat.
    • Invite all your friends and ask them to bring a carved pumpkin and plenty of trick or treat goodies.
    • Extra police patrols will also be brought in to crack down on anyone who goes over the top while playing trick or treat.
    • There was a great display of spooky costumes in Clonaslee on Sunday, October 31 as local children went on their trick or treat rounds.
verb
[no object]
  • Take part in the custom of trick or treat.

    kids are going to go trick-or-treating tomorrow night
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The party started alright, and then about 15 of us decided to go trick or treating.
    • I imagine he'd be a fun person to go trick or treating with come Halloween.
    • Our community is the sort where children go trick or treating on Hallowe'en.
    • Children should not be allowed out trick or treating on their own.
    • Body lights are wonderful for making trick-or-treating a safer experience.
    • Goodies for trick-or-treating, hay rides, movie, haunted bus ride.
    • My little boy wanted to go begging - sorry, trick or treating.
    • Kids are going to go trick-or-treating tomorrow night all over America.
    • You see, we don't have any tradition of "trick or treating" here in the UK.
    • For safety reasons children should never trick or treat alone or go into strangers ' homes.
    • Children who go trick or treating on Halloween are " siding with the devil ", a church group has claimed.
    • Trick or treating was a neighborhood thing, not a shopping mall thing.
    • My friends make fun of me because I still want to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
    • We went to a Pumpkin Farm and the kids went real trick or treating.
    • Rebekka wasn't in the mood to go trick or treating that year.
    • The fact that kids had lost the freedom to enjoy trick or treating saddened Michael.
    • Parents were warned not to let their children go out trick or treating alone.
    • Parents are also being reminded to take extra precautions if their children were planning to go trick-or-treating.
    • Mr Tout accuses me of blaming children from Westbury Junior School for all misbehaviour during ' trick or treating ' at Halloween.
    • Sadly, the days of trick or treating are over.

Derivatives

  • trick-or-treater

  • nountrɪkɔːˈtriːtəˌtrɪkərˈtridər
 
 

Definition of trick or treat in US English:

trick or treat

noun
  • A children's custom of calling at houses at Halloween with the threat of pranks if they are not given a small gift (often used as a greeting by children doing this).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's definitely a case of trick or treat this weekend depending on where you're going in Wales.
    • Police spokeswoman Alvina Kumar said: "Each year we receive complaints, particularly from elderly people who find trick or treat upsetting".
    • A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said unaccompanied children out after dark could be vulnerable any night of the year and that trick or treat night made them no safer.
    • Today is the day for trick or treat.
    • This Halloween have all that candy ready for trick or treat and a scary movie already in the DVD player.
    • In response to Mrs Speedie's letter regarding trick or treat, all I can say is "Bah Humbug!"
    • It's trick or treat time all this month in Salem, Massachusetts, the seaport north of Boston.
    • Extra police patrols will also be brought in to crack down on anyone who goes over the top while playing trick or treat.
    • There was a great display of spooky costumes in Clonaslee on Sunday, October 31 as local children went on their trick or treat rounds.
    • When they play trick or treat, they throw broken eggs all over your doorstep if you don't give them something.
    • Staffordshire Police is urging parents to dissuade their children from taking part in the Halloween activity known as trick or treat.
    • Invite all your friends and ask them to bring a carved pumpkin and plenty of trick or treat goodies.
    • At 7.30 pm recently we had an insistent ringing on the door by children dressed for trick or treat.
    • Extra police will patrol Stockport at Halloween after complaints about trick or treat kids.
    • Unlike trick or treat, Mischief Night is a long-standing British tradition.
    • I've figured out how to put the trick in trick or treat.
    • The centre is holding a week of scary celebrations ending with a trick or treat day on Friday.
    • The police chief superintendent has warned that trick or treat could be considered a serious criminal offence.
    • As an elderly person who does not want to open the door at night to strangers, trick or treat can be a nightmare.
verb
[no object]
  • Take part in the custom of trick or treat.

    kids are going to go trick-or-treating tomorrow night
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our community is the sort where children go trick or treating on Hallowe'en.
    • The party started alright, and then about 15 of us decided to go trick or treating.
    • Trick or treating was a neighborhood thing, not a shopping mall thing.
    • My little boy wanted to go begging - sorry, trick or treating.
    • Kids are going to go trick-or-treating tomorrow night all over America.
    • Rebekka wasn't in the mood to go trick or treating that year.
    • For safety reasons children should never trick or treat alone or go into strangers ' homes.
    • We went to a Pumpkin Farm and the kids went real trick or treating.
    • Children should not be allowed out trick or treating on their own.
    • Sadly, the days of trick or treating are over.
    • You see, we don't have any tradition of "trick or treating" here in the UK.
    • The fact that kids had lost the freedom to enjoy trick or treating saddened Michael.
    • Parents were warned not to let their children go out trick or treating alone.
    • Children who go trick or treating on Halloween are " siding with the devil ", a church group has claimed.
    • Goodies for trick-or-treating, hay rides, movie, haunted bus ride.
    • Mr Tout accuses me of blaming children from Westbury Junior School for all misbehaviour during ' trick or treating ' at Halloween.
    • Parents are also being reminded to take extra precautions if their children were planning to go trick-or-treating.
    • My friends make fun of me because I still want to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
    • Body lights are wonderful for making trick-or-treating a safer experience.
    • I imagine he'd be a fun person to go trick or treating with come Halloween.
 
 
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