Christmas tree 圣诞树
- We bought some ornaments for the Christmas tree.
我们买了一些装饰品来点缀圣诞树。 - Someone pressed a switch and all the lights on the Christmas tree flashed on together.
有人按了一下开关,圣诞树上全部的灯一起亮了起来。 - The Christmas tree caught fire, and the family was burned out.
圣诞树着了火,全家都被迫逃了出来。
christmas tree[ noun ]- Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
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- a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
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- tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
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- medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
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- an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
{Christmas box}.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
{Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
{Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}.
{Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas.
{Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
{Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
{Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve.