small pieces of coloured paper that people often throw at weddings over people who have just been married, or (in the US) at other special events（在婚礼或美国其他特殊活动中撒的）五彩纸屑- Confetti showered down on the newly-weds.彩屑洒在一双新人身上。
- The winning team was showered with confetti.向获胜队抛撒了五彩纸屑。
Topics Life stagesc2Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of confettiverb + confetti- shower (somebody with)
- throw
confetti + verbSee full entry Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally denoting the real or imitation sweets thrown during Italian carnivals): from Italian, literally ‘sweets’, from Latin confectum ‘something prepared’, neuter past participle of conficere ‘put together’, from con- ‘together’ + facere ‘make’.