单词 | yom tov |
释义 | yom tovn.α. 1700s yomtob, 1800s– yom tov, 1800s– yomtov. β. 1800s– yontef, 1800s– yontov, 1900s– yontev Brit. /ˈjʌntəv/, U.S. /ˈjəntəv/, 1900s– yontif, 1900s– yontiff. Plural:α. 1900s– yamim tovim, 1900s– yomim tovim, 1900s– yomin tovim. β. 1900s– yomteyvim, 1900s– yomtovim, 1900s– yom tovim, 1900s– yom-tovim, 1900s– yomtoyvim, 2000s– yonteyvim, 2000s– yontoyvim. Also with capital initial(s). Judaism. A Jewish holy day or festival. Frequently without article.Used for festivals of biblical origin during which work is prohibited, namely Yom Kippur, the first two days of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, the first two and last two days of Passover, and the two days of Shavuot. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > Jewish seasons and feasts > [noun] > a holiday yom tov1784 1784 D. Hays Let. 22 Sept. in Publ. Amer. Jewish Hist. Soc. (1894) 2 69 Esther & Family Desire to be remembered to you & wishes you would Come & Keep Yomtob with us. 1854 Asmonean 7 July 96/2 Now, Shlome's grandfather was a kind of careless man who preferred making ‘yontef’ throughout the year. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto II. 166 He had been so proud of having earned enough money to make a good Yomtov. 1933 A. van Son tr. C. van Bruggen in J. Leftwich Ysräel 1012 A Jewish woman cannot be too ill to hear the Seder... That's right, it's Yomtov now. 1962 B.-Z. Abrahams tr. Glückel of Hameln Life iii. 51 Before we eat I must first take my child..some food. It is Yom Tov. 1976 M. Horovitz in D. Villiers Next Year in Jerusalem 113 Quite often, in the midst of supra-national poetry events, I find myself involuntarily imagining yom tov. 2010 Jewish Chron. 8 Oct. (Community section) 6/2 Once on campus they also indulged in a round of introductory meals and Yom Tov dinners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1784 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。