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单词 sennight
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sennight

/ˈsɛnʌɪt /
noun archaic
A week.All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses....
  • After a short silence, he sighed deeply and said, ‘My cousins are hosting a dinner party to be held in a sennight.’
  • A sennight had passed, bringing with it the conclusion of the princess trials and her eighteenth birthday.

Origin

Old English seofon nihta 'seven nights'.

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