英语词汇“easter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	easter
释义	Trends of Easter View usage for: Easter (iːstəʳ) Word forms: plural Easters 1. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] Easter is a Christian festival when Jesus Christ's return to life is celebrated. It is celebrated on a Sunday in March or April. 'Happy Easter,' he yelled. ...the first Easter morning. 2. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] Easter is the period of several days around and including Easter Sunday. They usually have a walking holiday at Easter. She spends her Easter holidays taking groups of children to France. The government declared Easter Monday a public holiday. Easter in British English (ˈiːstə) noun 1. the most important festival of the Christian Church, commemorating the Resurrection of Christ: falls on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox 2. Also called: Easter Sunday, Easter Day the day on which this festival is celebrated 3. the period between Good Friday and Easter Monday ▶ Related adjective: paschal Word origin Old English ēastre, after a Germanic goddess Eostre; related to Old High German ōstarūn Easter, Old Norse austr to the east, Old Slavonic ustru like summer Easter in American English (ˈistər) noun 1. an annual Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, held on the first Sunday after the date of the first full moon that occurs on or after March 21 2. the Sunday of this festival : also Easter Sunday Word origin ME ester < OE eastre, pl. eastron, spring, Easter; orig., name of pagan vernal festival almost coincident in date withpaschal festival of the church < Eastre, dawn goddess < PGmc Austro (> Ger Ostern) < IE base awes-: see east Image of Easter Shutterstock Examples of 'Easter' in a sentence Easter The stars shone out of a clear sky on to quiet streets: the undergraduates had left for the Easter vacation. Brandon, Ruth LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE The Easter holidays descended amid palms and Stations of the Cross and Easter eggs. Cassidy, Anne IN REAL LIFE Easter put her slim hand on the back of Wednesday's square gray hand. Neil Gaiman AMERICAN GODS (2001) Word lists with Easter Religious festivals In other languages Easter British English: Easter /ˈiːstə/ NOUN Easter is a Christian festival and holiday, when the resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated. American English: Easter Arabic: عِيدُ الفِصْح Brazilian Portuguese: Páscoa Chinese: 复活节 Croatian: Uskrs Czech: Velikonoce Danish: påske Dutch: Pasen European Spanish: Semana Santa Finnish: pääsiäinen French: Pâques German: Ostern Greek: Πάσχα Italian: Pasqua Japanese: 復活祭 Korean: 부활절 Norwegian: påske Polish: Wielkanoc European Portuguese: Páscoa Romanian: Paști Russian: Пасха Latin American Spanish: Semana Santa Swedish: påsk Thai: วันอีสเตอร์ Turkish: Paskalya Ukrainian: Великдень Vietnamese: lễ Phục sinh Definition of 'Easter' All related terms of 'Easter' Easter Day the Sunday on which the festival of Easter is celebrated Easter egg An Easter egg is an egg made of chocolate that is given as a present at Easter. In some countries , Easter eggs are hidden and children then look for them. Easter lily any of various lilies , esp Lilium longiflorum, that have large showy white flowers Easter term the term at the Inns of Court following the Hilary term Easter week the week that begins with Easter Day and ends the following Saturday nor'easter northeaster Easter bonnet an especially pretty or fancy hat designed for a woman to wear to church on Easter Sunday or, especially, in an Easter parade Easter bunny a rabbit that according to tradition brings Easter eggs to good children Easter cactus a Brazilian cactus , Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri , widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy red flowers Easter Island an isolated volcanic island in the Pacific , 3700 km (2300 miles) west of Chile , of which it is a dependency : discovered on Easter Sunday , 1722; annexed by Chile in 1888; noted for the remains of an aboriginal culture , which includes gigantic stone figures . Pop: 3791 (2002). Area: 166 sq km (64 sq miles) Easter-ledges a pudding made from the young leaves of the bistort Easter Monday the day after Easter Day, a public holiday in the UK and many other Christian countries Easter parade a parade held on or near Easter Day, in particular a strolling procession in and around Fifth Avenue New York City ( celebrated by Irving Berlin in a song , which gave rise to a film of the same name) for which people dress up in especially smart clothes; this derives from an older tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter in honour of the festival . Easter Rising an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland : the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering , 16 of the leaders later being executed Easter Sunday Easter Sunday is the Sunday in March or April when Easter is celebrated . Easter Islander a native or inhabitant of Easter Island Easter communion the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church Easter sepulchre a burial vault , tomb , or grave March break a school holiday , usually for a week , during March sepulchre A sepulchre is a building or room in which a dead person is buried. Down East in or into New England , esp. Maine Chinese translation of 'Easter' Easter (ˈiːstəʳ) n (u) 复(復)活节(節) (Fùhuó Jié) the Easter holidays 复(復)活节(節)假期 (Fùhuó Jié jiàqī) Happy Easter! 复(復)活节(節)快乐(樂)！ (Fùhuó Jié kuàilè!) related words related adjective Paschal Nearby words of Easter easeful easily east Easter easy easy-going eat Synonyms of 'Easter' Easter Explore 'Easter' in the dictionary
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