Purim

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中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A Jewish festival, celebrated on the fourteenth day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite. Judaism
    — Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. […] Traditionally, a scroll containing that book is read twice over the holiday, with listeners making noise to drown out the name of the story’s villain, Haman, a vizier who manipulated the Persian king into nearly eradicating the Jews.
  2. A surname.

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衍生词
Purim spiel

词源

Borrowed from Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).
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