Whitsunday

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/|/ʍ-/    美 /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/|/wɪtˈsʌndi/|/ʍ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
    — Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit
  2. A quarter day falling on 15th May. Scotland
专有名词
  1. A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia; in full, Whitsunday Region.

词形变化

Whitsundays plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Whitsunday Islands
相关词
White Sunday

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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