handsels

handsels

美 　英

• v.送賀禮；初試；首先使用
• n.新年禮物；〔律〕定金
• 網絡初次品嚐；保證金；溫馨賀禮

詞形變化

復數：handsels  過去分詞：handselled  現在分詞：handselling  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 新年禮物 2. 〔律〕定金
v.	1. 送賀禮,特別是新年賀禮 2. 初試;首先使用

英英解釋

n.	1. a gift given for good luck at the beginning of something, especially a new year 2. a first payment for something, or the first money taken in by a new business
v.	1. to give somebody a good-luck gift at the beginning of something, especially a new year 2. to use or do something for the first time

例句

Our present tears are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.

我們現在的眼淚只不過是我們今后歡樂的前奏而已。