confetti

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英 [kənˈfeti]word uk audio image

美 [kənˈfɛti] word us audio image

  • n.
    (婚礼时撒在新娘新郎身上的)五彩纸屑

单词词源

confetti 五彩纸屑

来自confection, 甜食。词义由甜食到五彩纸屑,以与甜食相配。字母c脱落,比较benefit, benefactor.

双语例句

1. The custom of throwing confetti however , does not come from italy .
但是扔糖果的风俗并不来自意大利。
2. It 's an image I can 't shake to this day , bodies falling through a maze of what looked like confetti , but was paper flying out from desks inside the damaged building .
那是我至今无法忘怀的画面,人的身体就像糖果一样从空中坠落,大厦受损处纸片飘扬,都是从办公桌里飞出来的。
3. He throws out numbers like confetti : peter orszag , his usually impressive budget director , made a dismal job of explaining to congress where mr obama intended to find the $ 634 billion " down payment " he promised for health-care reform .
他也确实抛出了一些“糖果”:peterorszag这位经常能有神来之笔的预算主管,向国会令人沮丧的解释奥巴马打算获得的6340亿美元的拨款,不过是他所允诺的医保改革的“定金”。

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