passover
美音:
[´pæ´səuvə
]英音:
[´pæ´səuvə
]n.逾越节,逾越节祭神的羔羊
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passover为短语/超纲词汇
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pass=to pass(通过)
passover
/'pɑ:səʊvə(r); [US] 'pæs-; `pæs,ovɚ/
n Jewish religious festival commemorating the freeing of the Jews from their slavery in Egypt 逾越节(犹太教节日).
passover
n[U]alsothe Passover
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Translation of Hebrew pesah 'to pass without affecting'; because, according to the Bible, God did not kill Jewish children when he killed children of other races]
a Jewish religious holiday when people remember the escape of the Jews from Egypt