trick-or-treat

UKUS

Definitions

To go door-to-door on Halloween asking for candy with the phrase 'trick or treat.'

（万圣节）挨家挨户讨糖果

The Halloween custom of children going door-to-door for candy.

万圣节讨糖习俗

Root Breakdown

Native English

trickroot

-or-connector

treatpull, drag, draw

=trick-or-treat

From the children's threat 'trick or treat!' — give us a treat or we play a trick. Here 'treat' means a gift/something pleasant given, an extended sense of treat (to deal with / entertain), from Latin tractare 'to handle.'

Root tra still carries 109 more words

Common Collocations

1.go trick-or-treating出门讨糖
2.trick-or-treat candy万圣节糖果

Example Sentences

1.
The kids dressed as ghosts and went trick-or-treating until dark.
2.
Trick-or-treat is the highlight of Halloween for most children.

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