| 单词 | all hallows' eve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAll Hallows' Eve All Hallows' Eve n. (also †All Hallows' Even; in early use All Hallown Eve) the day before All Saints' Day; = Halloween n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Halloween (31 October) > [noun] All Hallow Evec1325 All Hallows' Eve1447 All Saints' Eve?c1550 Halloween1556 Nut-crack Night1731 OE Wulfstan Canons of Edgar (Junius) (1972) liv. 13 Ærest on easteræfen, and oðre siðe on candelmæsseæfen, þriddan siðe on ealra halgena mæsseæfen.] 1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 16 (MED) The morun tuysday, al Halwyn yeven. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars 17 Thys yere the towne of Depe was tane..on Halhalon evyn. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 121 Clo. Was't not at Hallowmas Master Froth? Fro. Allhallond-Eue. View more context for this quotation 1789 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) viii. 187 All Hallows Eve we spent with Mrs Leigh. 1865 K. H. Digby Short Poems 29 All-hallows Eve at Paris. 1951 G. Murphy Let. 31 Oct. in L. Miller Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 324 We are winging this All Hallows Eve on broomsticks to see our grandson, John Charles. 2002 C. Perry Youth Spirit 2 20/1 Hallowe'en, or All Hallows' Eve, is a part of the three-day celebration that includes All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. < as lemmas |
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