shivaree
英 [,ʃɪvə'riː]
美[ʃɪvə'ri]
- n. 喧闹的庆祝
英英释义
- 1. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
英文词源
- shivaree (n.)
- 1843, earlier sherrie-varrie (1805), alteration of charivari. Century Dictionary describes it as "vulgar, southern U.S.;" OED describes it as "U.S. and Cornwall."