hansel
- IPA[ˈhans(ə)l]
英式
- a gift given at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or the start of an enterprise, supposedly to bring good luck.；the first instalment of a payment.
- give a hansel to；inaugurate (something), especially by being the first to try it
verb: hansel, 3rd person present: hansels, gerund or present participle: hanselling, past tense: hanselled, past participle: hanselled
noun: hansel, plural noun: hansels
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a gift given at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or the start of an enterprise, supposedly to bring good luck.
- ▪ the first instalment of a payment.
動詞
- 1. give a hansel to the practice of hanselling the master still flourished in Scotland
- ▪ inaugurate (something), especially by being the first to try it a floodlit fixture to officially hansel the completed stadium
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- IPA[ˈhan(t)səl]
美式
- a gift given for good luck at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or the start ...
- give a hansel to.
Oxford American Dictionary
