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Christmas Eve

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Chronology
ˌChristmas ˈEve noun [uncountable]  TMCDecember 24th, the day before Christmas Day 圣诞前夕,平安夜,圣诞夜〔1224日〕 We spent Christmas Eve cooking and getting ready for Christmas Day. 圣诞前夕我们烹煮食物,为圣诞节做准备。 Unfortunately, I’ve got to work on Christmas Eve. 很可惜,平安夜我得上班。
Examples from the Corpus
Christmas EveAlthough they set up housekeeping a couple of years ago, Dave officially proposed last Christmas Eve.an 11 p.m. church service on Christmas EveAngel and Tess decided to spend a day together shopping on Christmas Eve.It's Christmas Eve, remember?And to think when Peggy was little Gran wouldn't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve.The offer runs right up until Christmas Eve - perfect for last-minute Christmas shopping!It was Christmas Eve, therefore Santa Claus and his helpers were all very busy.His third day in jail was Christmas Eve.
ˌChristmas ˈEve nounChineseSyllable
24th, December Corpus the before Day Christmas day


Christmas Eve
ˌChristmas ˈEve noun [uncountable]
December 24th, the day before Christmas Day:
    We spent Christmas Eve cooking and getting ready for Christmas Day.
    Unfortunately, I’ve got to work on Christmas Eve.


Christmas EveBrE /ˌkrɪsməs ˈiːv/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkrɪsməs ˈiːv/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] the day before Christmas Day, 24 December; the evening of this day 圣诞节前一天(12 月 24 日);圣诞夜,平安夜(12 月 24 日晚)