trick-or-treat
UKUS
释义
v.
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
n.
The Halloween custom of children going door-to-door for candy.
万圣节讨糖习俗
词根拆分
原生英语源自孩子们的喊话 "trick or treat!"——给糖（treat），不然就捣蛋（trick）。这里 treat 指给予的款待/好东西，是 treat（对待/款待）的引申义，源自拉丁语 tractare "处理"。
词根 tra 还连着 109 个词常用搭配
- 1.go trick-or-treating出门讨糖
- 2.trick-or-treat candy万圣节糖果
例句
- 1.
The kids dressed as ghosts and went trick-or-treating until dark.
孩子们扮成鬼怪，一直讨糖讨到天黑。
- 2.
Trick-or-treat is the highlight of Halloween for most children.
对大多数孩子来说，讨糖是万圣节的重头戏。