Shrove Tuesday

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
    — Observe when the Moon is new in February, the next Tuesday after is Shrove-tuesday: but if it change on Tuesday, then the next Tuesday following is Shrove-tuesday

词形变化

Shrove Tuesdays plural

词源

The second element is Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of Old English *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary