单词 | Shrovetide |
释义 | Shrovetide/ˈʃrəʊvtʌɪd /noun Shrove Tuesday and the two days preceding it, when it was formerly customary to attend confession.Valentine's Day was interesting in 1602, because in that year it was also Shrove Sunday, the first day of Shrovetide - the three days associated with revels, carnival, misrule, and inversion of roles ending on Shrove Tuesday....
OriginLate Middle English: of obscure origin; the first element related to shrive. |
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