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 confetti [kən'fɛtɪ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 糖果, 五彩纸屑

  1. It was billed as"the mother of all parades." And the organizers had promised that12 million pounds of confetti, a million yellow ribbons and6, 000 tons of ticker tape would be dropped on the veterans returning from the Persian
    它被秒为“一切游行之母”。主办间单位承诺将投掷1200万磅彩色碎纸,100万条黄丝带,还有6000吨白色纸条[欢迎]自波斯湾战争归来的战士……。
  2. Throwing rice and confetti at the married couple is a custom in England.
    向新郎和新娘撒米和五彩碎纸是英国的习惯。
  3. A shower of confetti fell on the newly-married couple outside the church.
    在教堂外,一阵雨点般的五彩纸屑撒落在一对新婚的新人身上。


confetti
[ noun ]
small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
<noun.artifact>


Confetti \Con*fet"ti\, n. pl.; sing. {-fetto}. [It. Cf.
{Comfit}.]
1. Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections. [archaic]
[1913 Webster +PJC]

2. [originally, plaster or paper imitations of, or
substitutes for, bonbons (confetti[1]).] small bits or
streamers of brightly colored paper, thrown in celebration
by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

  1. The capital's street cleaners, in their bright green suits, were out early Sunday morning to clean up the confetti and other trash.
  2. Then, with the baby in a carseat sleeping in the back seat, she led police on a chase at speeds up to 65 mph, tossing the gun and handfuls of $50 bills "flying like confetti" out the car window, said Lt.
  3. The bicentennial bash in honor of the French Revolution peaked with a parade that featured moonwalking Americans, Scottish bagpipers, Soviet tanks spewing confetti and a touching reminder of the crackdown in China.
  4. A group of Vietnam veterans flew home from Southeast Asia to a greeting of confetti, hugs and kisses Thursday after building a 14-room clinic for their former enemies with $50,000 in donated money.
  5. Feld said some had lost 800 pounds and were bleary when two Shinto priests threw confetti on them at a welcoming ceremony June 13.
  6. The Kuwaiti passengers traveled by motorcade to the city center. Thousands of people lining the route, tossing roses and confetti.
  7. Somewhere along the line, the perfume was replaced with confetti, he said.
  8. Worn, torn and soiled bills _ about $1 million worth daily _ are shredded into confetti and handed out to bank visitors.
  9. Balloons went up and confetti came down as the sixth annual Great American Race for pre-1937 vehicles began Wednesday with a parade from Small World, down Main Street U.S.A. and out of the park, said spokeswoman Louanne Cappiello.
  10. "But with a token amount of tape, mixed with all the other confetti, Mandela will know he's having a ticker-tape parade," said Trans-Lux spokesman Matt Brandt.
  11. Thousands of people sang, danced and threw roses and confetti as 29 Kuwaitis freed by Arab gunmen after a 16-day hijacking ordeal arrived home from Algiers.
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