Ash Wednesday

短语

圣灰星期三（复活节前的第七个星期三）

发音

US /æʃ wɛnz.dɛɪ/
其它

词形变化

Ash Wednesdays 复数 Ash Wednesdays

别名

Ashwednesday

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The Wednesday 46 days before Easter in a given year, (Catholicism) traditionally observed as the beginning of Lent and a day of strict abstention from certain foods and pleasures.

    大斋首日

    圣灰星期三

    宗教
  2. 2.

    A cocktail made from a mix of gin, heavy cream, honey syrup, and blackberries

词汇关系

名词

整体词 1

lent

词源

From Middle English Aschewednysday, Axwednesdai, from asshe, axe (“ash”) + Wednesdai, Wednysday (“Wednesday”), from the custom of using the blessed ashes of the previous year's palm fronds (cf. Palm Sunday) to mark the heads of the congregation on the day. By surface analysis, ash + Wednesday.

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