Halloween

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/|/ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/    美 /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/|/ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/|/ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.
    — They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween.

词形变化

Halloweens plural Hallowe'en alternative Halloweven alternative,archaic

词源

From a Scots shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic or poetic variant of eve; see also een).
For the American pronunciation with /ɑ/, compare the Southern English traditional dialect pronunciations fallow /ˈfɒ.lə/ and tallow /ˈtɒ.lə/.
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