menorah

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
    — ‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away.
  2. A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
    — My father brings home a big brass antique menorah, shaped like an archway, heavy, on a pedestal, on a round base.

词形变化

menoroth plural menorot plural menorahs plural menora alternative

词源

Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.
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