firstfruit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
  2. The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
    — For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
  3. Ceremony in Southern Africa, notably among the Zulu and Swazi peoples, in which the paramount chief is the first to eat from the new harvest.

词形变化

firstfruits plural first fruit alternative first-fruit alternative

词汇关系

相关词
forefruit

词源

From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit.
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