Yuletide

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Yule·tide /ˈjuːltaɪd/ noun [countable, uncountable]  literaryTMC Christmas 圣诞节 Yuletide festivities 圣诞节庆祝活动

Examples from the Corpus

Yuletide• Cars are stunned by a Yuletide smother-love.• The famous pharmacy reports a Yuletide boom for the elixir.• It's the elderly Morkan sisters' annual Yuletide fete, where three generations gather each year to make merry.• The Druids used mistletoe at Yuletide, which was their winter festival.• Santerre sent for servants and, at his direction, they dragged out a huge log drying in the stables for Yuletide.• Lastly, a ping-pong ball fitted over each light bulb managed to disguise their Yuletide origins.• For one thing, it was hot and sunny and not at all the weather she had associated all her life with Yuletide.

Yule·tide nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus Christmas

Yuletide
Yule‧tide /ˈjuːltaɪd/ noun [uncountable and countable]
literary Christmas:
    Yuletide festivities

Yule·tideBrE /ˈjuːltaɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjuːltaɪd/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (old use or literary) the period around Christmas Day 圣诞节期间◆Yuletide food and drink圣诞食物和饮料