Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

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• n.圣灰星期三（基督教四旬期首日）
• 网络圣灰日；大斋首日；复活节前的第七个星期三

词形变化

复数：Ash Wednesdays  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 四旬节的第一天

英英解释

n.	1. the first day of lentthe period before Easter during which Christians traditionally eat less or stop doing something that they enjoy

例句

Lay one on me! Carnival enthusiasts celebrate the beginning of the Carnival season in Germany which lasts until Ash Wednesday.

德国狂热的嘉年华爱好者开始庆祝狂欢节的开始，庆祝活动将一直持续到圣灰节结束。

they were to be named to their parishes on Ash Wednesday.

他们的名字将在圣灰星期三公布于各自的教区。

Mardi Gras is always the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins, and always falls exactly 46 days before Easter.

狂欢节是永远的前一天，灰分周三，当借给开始时，总是正好46天过复活节。

The Carnival starts around two weeks before Ash Wednesday and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

狂欢节开始于圣辉星期三的两周前，结束于忏悔星期二，圣辉星期三的前一天

Exactly. Ash Wednesday is observed by fasting, abstinence from eating meat, and repentance.

没错，教徒们要斋戒，还要向上帝忏悔。

The dates of the carnival vary year depending on the date of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.

每年狂欢节的时间都根据圣灰星期三来定，即四旬斋的第一天。

ASH WEDNESDAY is the first day of Lent, a season of penance and reflection.

圣灰星期三是苦行与沉思的时节——四月斋的第一天。

So the Christians will begin to fast after Ash Wednesday?

圣灰星期三后教徒们就要斋戒是吗？

and "Ash Wednesday" on February 16th 1983, which claimed 75 lives in Victoria and the adjoining state of South Australia.

1983年2月16日的“灰烬星期三”，受灾地是维州和与之相邻的南澳，有75人丧身。

In some churches, the palms that are used on Palm Sunday are saved and burned into ashes for Ash Wednesday.

在一些教堂中，在棕枝全日为了灰节将保存起来的棕榈叶烧为灰烬。

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent -- a symbolic period of fasting and penance for many Christians.

圣灰星期三是大斋期（Lent）的第一天，而大斋期则是许多基督徒进行绝食及悔过的象征性的时期。

Is Ash Wednesday a Christian holiday?

圣灰星期三是个基督教节日吗？

It's Ash Wednesday.

今天星期三是斋期开始。

Oh. But why is it called "Ash" Wednesday?

哦，那它为什么叫“圣灰”星期三呢？

The Love Song of J. Alfred The Waste Land Ash Wednesday Four Quartets

普鲁弗洛克的情歌荒原灰星期三四个四