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单词 confetti
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confetti

noun
/kənˈfeti/
/kənˈfeti/
[uncountable]
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  1. small pieces of coloured paper that people often throw at weddings over people who have just been married, or (in the US) at other special events
    • Confetti showered down on the newly-weds.
    • The winning team was showered with confetti.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of confetti
    • shower
    verb + confetti
    • shower (somebody with)
    • throw
    confetti + verb
    • fall
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    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally denoting the real or imitation sweets thrown during Italian carnivals): from Italian, literally ‘sweets’, from Latin confectum ‘something prepared’, neuter past participle of conficere ‘put together’, from con- ‘together’ + facere ‘make’.
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