hogmanay

hogmanay

['hɔɡmənei; ,hɔɡmə'nei]

n. （蘇格蘭的）除夕；除夕活動

中文詞源：

Hogmanay 蘇格蘭除夕

詞源不確定，拼寫不固定，字面意思可能為holy month.

例句：

1. Cameron: Ah that's because I went home to Scotland for Hogmanay.
卡梅倫: 我回故鄉蘇格蘭過霍馬內.

2. Freddie: Hogmanay? What's that? It'sounds like an illness.
弗雷迪: 霍馬內? 那是甚 麼 ?聽來像是一種疾病.

3. Alistair: Oh, it's an old Hogmanay custom.
阿利斯泰爾: 哦, 那是個古老的除夕習俗.

4. Hans took a drop too much, but I'll forgive him, as it happened on Hogmanay.
漢斯喝醉瞭, 但是我會原諒他的, 因為事情發生在蘇格蘭大年夜.