| 单词 | megillah |
| 释义 | megillah (once / 1477414 pages) n WORD FAMILY megillah USAGE EXAMPLESLanguage is so fungible a medium that English has absorbed dozens of Yiddish words, like chutzpah, kvetch, kibitz, megillah, schmooze, nosh and schlock. New York Times(Oct 04, 2016) “There’s something toxic to me about the sentimentality and the sweetness, the whole megillah,” she said. New York Times(Dec 18, 2013) Queen Esther’s Tale, in Yiddish, With Cartwheels, Puppets and a Union Label Sometimes you could do without the whole megillah. New York Times(May 03, 2013) n (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account he insisted on giving us the whole megillah Hyper account, report the act of informing by verbal report Megillah (once / 1181932 pages) n WORD FAMILY Megillah USAGE EXAMPLESOn Wednesday at 5:30, there will be a reading of the story of Purim, the traditional Reading of the Megillah, including Haman-Booing and graggers. Washington Post(Mar 18, 2016) Congregants enact a lively skit known as a Purim spiel, with a plotline taken from the Book of Esther, also known as the Megillah. New York Times(Mar 18, 2016) There will also be a Megillah reading, the story of the Purim holiday, and traditional foods like hamantaschen. New York Times(Mar 13, 2014) n (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim Hyper roll, scroll a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) |
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