英:[ʃɪvə'ri:]
美:[ʃɪvə'ri]
英:[ʃɪvə'ri:]
美:[ʃɪvə'ri]
shiv·a·ree
shI v ri [or] shI v ri
复数:shivarees
第三人称单数:shivarees
现在分词:shivareeing
过去式:shivareed
过去分词:shivareed
noun
a raucous mock serenade for a newly married couple.
transitive verb
to welcome or serenade with a shivaree.
"嘲弄小夜曲",1843年,早期为 sherrie-varrie(1805年),是 charivari(参见)的变形或改编。《世纪词典》将其描述为“粗俗的美国南部用语”; 《牛津英语词典》将其描述为“美国和 Cornwall 用语”。
modification of French charivari — more at charivari
The first known use of shivaree was in 1843
1 But I understand just what this shivaree means.
2 I wanted to keep Man sober, and I tried to get him and his wife out of town before that shivaree of yours was pulled off.
3 Oh, every so often we have to turn out search parties and have a grand shivaree looking for some idiot who usually turns up dead.
4 But 'course he knew as well as the rest of us that the riding on the rail part of a shivaree is sorta passed over nowadays.
5 We started in to give them a lovely shivaree after the wedding, beginning with a sort of yell which had been invented by the only fellow in town who had been to college.
6 I hope you shivaree Man and his wife—and shivaree 'em good.
7 The musicians broke out into a thunderous and bumpy piece, and the dancers began some sort of Slavic folk dance that looked like a combination of a kazotska and a shivaree.
8 Something like "shivering"—a spirit of shivering or "shivaree."
9 It became a custom, in anticipation of a "shivaree," to send round word to Mrs. Ferris not to be afraid, the shooting was all in fun.
10 He may or may not be going to a funeral, but he’s not going to a shivaree.”
11 A blunder just waiting to be A true Trumpian shivaree If it turns out the Fed A disaster led By one more off the wall nominee.
12 In short, we were treated to a shivaree, or charivari.
13 I looked around for a means of defense, but the Chief told me not to be alarmed—it was merely a "shivaree."
14 The French of Louisiana and Canada introduced the charivari into America, where it became known under the corrupted name of “shivaree.”
15 Now he’s presiding over the annual shivaree - the word denotes a noisy party - thrown by the Black Lake chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow.
16 "It isn't so long, though, since you were just as determined to stay and have the shivaree, you remember."
17 I came to tell you that there's a scheme to raise—to 'shivaree' you two, tonight.
18 I mentioned shivaree when we were talking about people getting lost in the bush, didn't I?
19 Another time, we went to Mannheim and attended a shivaree—otherwise an opera—the one called "Lohengrin."
20 He readily took to the idea of a shivaree, which, to quote Dictionary.com, is “a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple.”
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