(亦作handsel)archaic or US <古或美>
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- a gift given at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or the start of an enterprise, supposedly to bring good luck（为庆祝新年、收购企业成功或公司开张, 以求得吉利而给的）赠品; 新年贺礼。
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- the first instalment of a payment（分期付款中）第一次支付的款项。
(hanselled, hanselling; <美> hanseled, hanseling) with obj.
1- give a hansel to给…送开张志喜的赠品; 给…送贺礼：
the practice of hanselling the master still flourished in Scotland.
给雇主送新年贺礼的风气在苏格兰依然盛行。
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- inaugurate (something), especially by being the first to try it庆祝…的开张（或落成）：
a floodlit fixture to officially hansel the completed stadium.
为庆祝新体育馆落成而预举行的泛光灯照明体育赛事。
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