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单词 Lent
释义
LentLent noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINLent
Origin:
1200-1300 Lenten ‘springtime, Lent’ (11-17 centuries), from Old English lengten; because the days get longer in spring
Examples
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  • He mentioned the possibility of sacramental confession at the time of Lent.
  • In two weeks we will be entering the season of Lent.
  • It had been lying in a back room, removed from its altar position after Lent, Surprenant said.
  • Other peaks came during the months following the prohibited times of Advent and Lent.
  • Sometimes the second reading, usually made from the Apostolic writings, had the same theme especially in Lent or Advent.
  • The starting date of the crusade was fixed for Lent 1190 when both Kings and Richard were to muster at Vézelay.
  • This morning we stand on the threshold of the season of Lent.
  • When he was a young man, Jim thought of Lent as a season of contrition, spiritual discipline and personal purification.
the 40 days before Easter when some Christians eat less food or stop doing something that they enjoyLenten adjective
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