trick or treat
/ˌtrɪk ɔː ˈtriːt/
/ˌtrɪk ɔːr ˈtriːt/
- a traditional activity at Halloween, in which children dress in costumes and visit houses. At each house they say 'Trick or treat?' This means that they threaten to play a 'trick', or joke, on the people in the house unless they are given a 'treat', e.g. sweets or money. The practice of 'trick or treat' began in the US in the 1930s but is now common in Britain also.
万圣节的一项传统活动，孩子们穿着盛装去拜访房屋。每户人家都会说“Trick or treat？”这意味着他们威胁要对屋里的人玩“恶作剧”或玩笑，除非他们得到“款待”，例如糖果或金钱。 “不给糖就捣蛋”的做法始于 20 世纪 30 年代的美国，但现在在英国也很常见。