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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of confetti- shower
- shower (somebody with)
- throw
- fall
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’.