| 单词 | green thursday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreen Thursday Green Thursday n. (esp. in German-speaking contexts) the Thursday before Good Friday; Maundy Thursday. [After German Gründonnerstag (in Middle High German as a phrasal construction, grüene donerstac; compare also Middle Dutch groene Donderdag, Middle Low German grȫne donrestach); the ultimate origin and motivation of the name is uncertain.] ΚΠ 1854 A. M. Howitt Art-Student in Munich xxiii. 263 A blessed feeling of all the beauty..in the bursting of buds, in the up-springing of weeds and flowers, and in the carolling of birds—such are my memories of the ‘Vesper’ in the Hof-Kapelle on Green Thursday. 1870 Harper's Mag. Oct. 746/1 Cives, especially if eaten on Green-Thursday, protect against the evil-eye. 2003 Church Times 11 Apr. 9/1 Herb Pudding has a Danish equivalent for Maundy Thursday (or ‘Green Thursday’) called Borecole. < as lemmas |
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