shamash

发音

UK /ʃəˈmæʃ/
其它 /ʃəˈmɑʃ/

词形变化

shamashes shamashim 复数 shamashim shamashes 复数

别名

shammas shammash shames shamos shammes shammos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah.

  2. 2.

    A sexton in a synagogue.

词源

From Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (shamásh, “waiter, sexton”). Doublet of shammes, via Yiddish.

来源：wiktionary