| 单词 | pancake day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPancake Day Pancake Day n. Shrove Tuesday, so called from the custom of making pancakes on this day to use up eggs and fat before Lent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Sunday before Lent > [noun] > period following > first week of > Sunday, Monday, Tuesday of > Tuesday in good tideOE Fastingong1389 Shroveday14.. Fastern's Een1416 Fastgong1429 Fastingong Tuesday1448 Fastingong Evec1450 Fastern's Evec1475 Shrove Tuesdaya1500 Shrift Tuesday1542 shrift's even1568 Fastens Tuesday1585 gut-tide1608 Mardi Gras1699 Pancake Day1700 Pancake Tuesday1790 sharp-Tuesday1858 1700 F. Willis Let. 13 Feb. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) I. v. 70 This being Pancake and Fritter Day & I have Companey makes me to begin my letter this morning. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) II. 242 Pancake-day, Shrove Tuesday. 1992 R. Barnard Posthumous Papers (BNC) 92 She played with the frying-pan as if it were Pancake Day. < as lemmas |
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