confetti
pronunciation
UK [kənˈfeti]
US [kənˈfɛti]
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- n.
- （婚礼时撒在新娘新郎身上的）五彩纸屑
Word Origin
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.
Example
- 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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