All Hallows

短语

发音

UK /ˌɔːl ˈhæləʊz/

别名

All-Hallow All-Hallows All-Hallown

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    All Saints' Day, the 1st of November; the Christian feast day honoring all Christian saints.

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  2. 2.

    The saints, taken collectively.

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词源

From all + plural of hallow (“saint”). Forms in -n (All-Hallown etc.) show reflex of the original genitive plural (Old English halgena).

来源:wiktionary