wassailing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈwɒs.əl.ɪŋ/ us/ˈwɑː.səl.ɪŋ/
（尤指在过去）圣诞节期间到各家各户唱圣诞颂歌并喝热苹果酒的活动
especially in the past, the activity of going from house to house at Christmas time singing carols (= Christmas songs), traditionally drinking wassail (= warm beer or wine with spices added)
Her new Christmas album draws on the carolling and wassailing traditions of South Yorkshire. 她的新圣诞专辑借用了南约克郡的圣诞颂唱并喝热苹果酒的演唱传统。
（过去在圣诞节期间，在果园举行的仪式，通过向果树浇热苹果酒为来年丰收取得好兆头）向果树敬酒的活动
in a ceremony at Christmas time in the past, the activity of pouring wassail (= warm beer or wine with spices added) on the trees in an orchard (= an area of land where fruit trees are grown) in order to encourage the trees to produce a good crop the next year
Wassailing dates from the Middle Ages, when it was thought to ensure that the trees in the orchards would be awake and ready to bear a good harvest in the autumn. 向果树敬酒可以追溯到中世纪，当时人们认为向果树敬酒可以确保果园里的树木醒来，为秋天丰收结果做好准备。
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- If you're interested in engaging in some good, old-fashioned wassailing, the original lyrics to Here We Come a-Wassailing are a helpful guide.
- As befitted their name, the Puritans found feasting, wassailing, gift giving, and wishing one another a merry Christmas ungodly and sinful.
- In parts of England people still worship Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees, through the custom of wassailing, which is intended to encourage a good crop of apples.