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词汇 Twelfth Night
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Definition of Twelfth Night in English:

Twelfth Night

noun
  • 16 January, the feast of the Epiphany.

    主显节(1月6日)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Above all, she is associated with Twelfth Night and Epiphany, 5 and 6 January.
    • Not for nothing was the Feast of Epiphany, Twelfth Night, also the Feast of the Beans, a major carnival celebration.
    • She demands cleanliness and industry, especially between Christmas and Twelfth Night.
    • 50 years ago: Some American airmen with their wives, from the base at Full Sutton, were guests at the Twelfth Night party held in the Merchant Taylors' Hall by the York branch of the English-Speaking Union.
    • Like Twelfth Night, Shrovetide was one of the key holidays when plays were performed at court, and at other institutions like the inns of court and the universities.
    • Boys and girls only met once a year at the Twelfth Night dance.
    • This weekend - the first following Twelfth Night, when all decorations are supposed to be taken down - is the busiest of the year at Essex's 22 sites.
    • However, you may continue the Coronation Jubilation on through Twelfth Night.
    • For my Twelfth Night present, my parents gave to me a little coffee table book entitled Bad Press: The Worst Critical Reviews Ever, written by Laura Ward.
    • AS Twelfth Night approaches, trees, decorations and cards are taken down for another year, creating another mass of rubbish which is likely to end up in landfill sites.
    • There is an old Irish saying that on the Twelfth Night the souls of the dead are thicker that the sand on the sea shore and are waiting for your prayers to have them released from purgatory and be allowed into heaven.
    1. 1.1 Strictly, the evening of 5 January, the eve of the Epiphany and formerly the twelfth and last day of Christmas festivities.
      (基督教的)主显节之夜,主显节前夕(严格讲为1月5日晚,过去为圣诞节庆祝活动的第12天即最后一天)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Originally this cake belonged to Twelfth Night but moved to the secular festival of New Year when religious reformers banned Christmas as a festival.
      • It's Twelfth Night tonight, so we've been taking down our Christmas decorations and wondering where to keep them for the next eleven months.
      • Throughout mid-winter, especially from Christmas through Twelfth Night in Normandy, men, women and children ran through fields waving torches around branches of fruit trees.
      • In some parts of Iceland, Twelfth Night was referred to as ‘The Old Christmas,’ or ‘The Old Christmas Eve.’
      • In Argentina Christmas used to be a low key affair, the biggest festival being Twelfth Night.

Definition of Twelfth Night in US English:

Twelfth Night

nounˈˌtwelf(TH) ˈnītˈˌtwɛlf(θ) ˈnaɪt
  • 1January 6, the feast of the Epiphany.

    主显节(1月6日)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not for nothing was the Feast of Epiphany, Twelfth Night, also the Feast of the Beans, a major carnival celebration.
    • However, you may continue the Coronation Jubilation on through Twelfth Night.
    • Like Twelfth Night, Shrovetide was one of the key holidays when plays were performed at court, and at other institutions like the inns of court and the universities.
    • For my Twelfth Night present, my parents gave to me a little coffee table book entitled Bad Press: The Worst Critical Reviews Ever, written by Laura Ward.
    • There is an old Irish saying that on the Twelfth Night the souls of the dead are thicker that the sand on the sea shore and are waiting for your prayers to have them released from purgatory and be allowed into heaven.
    • Above all, she is associated with Twelfth Night and Epiphany, 5 and 6 January.
    • AS Twelfth Night approaches, trees, decorations and cards are taken down for another year, creating another mass of rubbish which is likely to end up in landfill sites.
    • This weekend - the first following Twelfth Night, when all decorations are supposed to be taken down - is the busiest of the year at Essex's 22 sites.
    • She demands cleanliness and industry, especially between Christmas and Twelfth Night.
    • Boys and girls only met once a year at the Twelfth Night dance.
    • 50 years ago: Some American airmen with their wives, from the base at Full Sutton, were guests at the Twelfth Night party held in the Merchant Taylors' Hall by the York branch of the English-Speaking Union.
    1. 1.1 Strictly, the evening of January 5, the eve of the Epiphany and formerly the twelfth and last day of Christmas festivities.
      (基督教的)主显节之夜,主显节前夕(严格讲为1月5日晚,过去为圣诞节庆祝活动的第12天即最后一天)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In Argentina Christmas used to be a low key affair, the biggest festival being Twelfth Night.
      • Originally this cake belonged to Twelfth Night but moved to the secular festival of New Year when religious reformers banned Christmas as a festival.
      • In some parts of Iceland, Twelfth Night was referred to as ‘The Old Christmas,’ or ‘The Old Christmas Eve.’
      • It's Twelfth Night tonight, so we've been taking down our Christmas decorations and wondering where to keep them for the next eleven months.
      • Throughout mid-winter, especially from Christmas through Twelfth Night in Normandy, men, women and children ran through fields waving torches around branches of fruit trees.
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