Passover

• n. （聖經）逾越節；（聖經）逾越節祭神的羔羊

pass,經過，over,結束。該節日為猶太教最重要的節日之一，講述的是耶穌為使埃及人得到應有的懲罰，要殺死所有埃及家庭的長子，為避免使猶太人受到誤殺，告誡猶太人在家門口作上標記。對應希伯來語pesah,逾越，詞源同paschal.

Passover

1530, coined by Tyndale from verbal phrase pass over, to translate Hebrew ha-pesah "Passover," from pesah (see paschal), in reference to the Lord "passing over" the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he killed the first-born of the Egyptians (Ex. xii).

1. Tomorrow night at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Passover begins.

明天晚上太陽下山的時候，猶太人的逾越節便開始了。

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2. Kate had invited Alan to spend the Passover with her.

凱特已經邀請了艾倫和她一起過逾越節。

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3. The Jewish feast of Passover began last night.

猶太人的宗教節日逾越節昨晚開始了。

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4. Christian holy week overlaps with the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

基督教的聖周與猶太教逾越節的頭幾天重疊。

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5. When the party arrives in Jerusalem, it is Passover time.

當整隊人馬到達耶路撒冷時, 正值逾越節.

來自英漢非文學 - 文明史