confetti: [19] The Latin compound verb conficere meant ‘put together, make, prepare’ (it was formed from the prefix com- and facere ‘do, make’, source of English fact, factory, fashion, etc and related to English do). From its past participial stem was formed the noun confectiō, which passed into English, via Old French, as confection in the 14th century (by which time it already had its present-day association with sweets).
But the past participle confectum also produced Old French confit, whence English comfit [15], and Italian confetto, which was a small sweet traditionally thrown during carnivals. The British adapted the missiles to weddings (displacing the traditional rice) at the end of the 19th century, using symbolic shreds of coloured paper rather than real sweets. => comfit, confection, discomfit, do, fact, factory, fashion
confetti (n.)
1815, from Italian plural of confetto "sweetmeat," via Old French, from Latin confectum, confectus (see confection). A small candy traditionally thrown during carnivals in Italy, custom adopted in England for weddings and other occasions, with symbolic tossing of paper.
中文解释
confetti：看飞天。看那彩色的纸屑飞满天——五彩纸屑。
实用例句
1. The winning team was showered with confetti.
获胜队给撒了彩屑.
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2. Confetti showered down on the newly - weds.
彩屑撒在一双新人身上.
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3. Crowds were just filling the skyscrapers and throwing out confetti.
到处都是人山人海,人们挥洒着庆祝的糖果.
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4. Do not throw confetti, and Cashew Nut Shell does not litter bags.
不乱扔纸屑, 不乱丢果壳和包装袋.
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5. But the purple confetti fell again Thursday, this time with particular meaning.
