亚洲网紅露点

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charivari

[ shiv-uh-ree, shiv-uh-ree, shuh-riv-uh-reeor, especially British, shahr-uh-vahr-ee ]

noun

plural: charivarischarivaried charivariing
  1. a variant of shivaree.


charivari

/ 藢蕛蓱藧谤瑟藞惫蓱藧谤瑟 /

noun

  1. a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
  2. a confused noise; din
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of charivari1

< French, Middle French, of obscure origin; said to be < Late Latin 肠补谤墨产补谤颈补 headache < Greek 办补谤脓产补谤铆补, equivalent to 办补谤脓-, combining form of 办谩谤腻, 办谩谤脓 head + -baria ( bar ( ys ) heavy + -ia -ia ), on the hypothesis that such a noisy procession would cause a headache
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of charivari1

C17: from French, from Late Latin caribaria headache, from Greek 办补谤脓产补谤颈补, from 办补谤脓 head + barus heavy
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Young people also expressed their opinion of the moral conduct of elders, in traditions known as charivari or "rough music".

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It is what the聽 charivari of outraged Usenet聽 denizens聽 did聽 to聽 Portal and Internet Direct as vengeance, swamping the servers with furious mail and big, capacity-consuming image files.

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The next night about sixty of the white neighbors gave us a charivari and my wife was much pleased to know there was no color prejudice among them.

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At times, this produced a din of voices by no means pleasant to the ear; indeed, it was not unworthy of the name of charivari.

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On one of those occasions it was rumored in the village, that a "shiveree"鈥擧oosier for charivari鈥攚as to mark the event.

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