confetti

con·fet·ti /kənˈfeti/ noun [uncountableU]

XXsmall pieces of coloured paper that you throw into the air over people who have just got married or at events such as parties, parades etc 〔婚礼、聚会或游行等时抛撒的〕五彩纸屑

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confetti• My words have been grubby confetti, faded, tacky, blown far from the wedding feast.• The faces blow past in the fog like confetti.• Tiny white blossoms patterned the pavement like confetti.• I know that an election is coming, but as a conscientious Member I can not treat them as so much confetti.• Thousands of pieces of floating debris stretched for 10 miles like a ribbon of confetti on the water.• Something resembling hard wood floors is just visible beneath a veil of potting soil and foam rubber confetti.• They whooped and cried, they banged pots and pans, they tossed confetti into the air.

Origin confetti

(1800-1900) Italian plural of confetto “candy”, from Latin conficere; because candy was thrown at Italian street celebrations

con·fet·ti noun

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