Whitsunday

n. 降灵节

发音

UK /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
其它 /ˈʍɪtsəndeɪ/
UK /ʍ-/
US /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
US /wɪtˈsʌndi/
US /ʍ-/

词形变化

Whitsundays 复数 Whitsundays

别名

Whit Sunday

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.

    五旬节

    圣灵降临节

    收割节

    宗教

    Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit

  2. 2.

    A quarter day falling on 15th May.

    苏格兰
name
  1. 1.

    A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia; in full, Whitsunday Region.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

quarter day

整体词 3

Whitsun Whitsuntide Whitweek

相关短语

Whitsunday Islands

词源

Inherited from Middle English Whitsonday, from whit (“white”) + Sonday (“Sunday”), from Old English hwīt sunnandæg, probably from the white clothes worn by newly baptized Christians as Pentecost was a traditional date of baptism in early medieval England. Doublet of White Sunday.

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