Santa Claus[sAntE 5klC:z]n.圣诞老人Santa ClausSan.ta ClausAHD:[s²n“t… klôz”] D.J.[6s#n7t* kl%8z]K.K.[6s#n7t* kl%z]n.(名词)The personification of the spirit of Christmas, usually represented as a jolly, fat old man with a white beard and a red suit, who brings gifts to good children on Christmas Eve.圣诞老人:圣诞神灵的化身,常被描述成为一个快乐的,胖胖的,长着白胡子并穿红衣服的老人,他会在圣诞夜中给表现好的孩子带去礼物Probably alteration of Dutch Sinterklaas 可能为 荷兰语 Sinterklaas的变化 from Middle Dutch Sinterclaes [St. Nicholas] 源自 中古荷兰语 Sinterclaes [圣尼古拉斯] sint [saint] from Middle Dutch from Old French saint * see saint sint [圣人] 源自 中古荷兰语 源自 古法语 saint *参见 saintheer [lord] * see mynheer heer [主人] *参见 mynheerclaes short for Niclaes [Nicholas] claes Niclaes的简写 [尼古拉斯]
December 25th is Christmas Day. On Christmas Day, many people will have big parties. They like eating turkey(火鸡), fruits and drinking some juice for supper. After supper, many people will go out for shopping and walking (walk) with their children. There are a lot of special things: Christmas trees, socks, Christmas card and some presents. So in Christmas Day, all the families are very happy. 12月25日,是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子,称为圣诞节。从12月24日于翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间,各国基督教徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。圣诞节本来是基督教徒的节日,由于人们格外重视,它便成为一个全民性的节日,是西方国家一年中最盛大的节日,可以和新年相提并论,类似我国过春节。 圣诞节的由来耶稣的生日究竞是哪一天,其实早无据可查。为什么要把12月25日定为圣诞节呢?这是在5世纪中叶由教会规定的。公元354年,在“菲洛卡连”日历中第一次写明12月25日是耶稣的生日,到5世纪西方普遍接受了这个日期为圣诞节。 西方人以红、绿、白三色为圣诞色,圣诞节来临时家家户户都要用圣诞色来装饰。红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。绿色的是圣诞树。它是圣诞节的主要装饰品,用砍伐来的杉、柏一类呈塔形的常青树装饰而成。上面悬挂着五颜六色的彩灯、礼物和纸花,还点燃着圣诞蜡烛。 红色与白色相映成趣的是圣诞老人,他是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。西方儿童在圣诞夜临睡之前,要在壁炉前或枕头旁放上一只袜子,等候圣诞老人在他们入睡后把礼物放在袜子内。在西方,扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。 注:不是英汉对照!上面是英文简介,下面是汉语资料!
The personification of the spirit of Christmas, usually represented as a jolly, fat old man with a white beard and a red suit, who brings gifts to good children on Christmas Eve.
Father Christmas- -圣诞老人It is said that in the year of 300 AD, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them.Today, Father Christmas is an imaginary figure, but nearly all young children believe in him. They think he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe.On the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. So when children go to bed that night, they hang up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course, it's really their parents who fill the stockings.Another name for Father Christmas is Santa Claus.