单词 | Walpurgis night |
释义 | Walpurgis night /val-pûrˈgis nīt or -poorˈ/nounThe eve of the first of May, when witches, according to German popular superstition, rode on broomsticks and male goats to revel with their master the Devil, esp on the Brocken in the Harz Mountains ORIGIN: So called because 1 May is the day of St Walpurga, abbess of Heidenheim, who died about 778 |
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