Sukkot
noun [ U ] (also Sukkoth, Succot, Succoth) uk/sʊˈkəʊt/ /ˈsʊk.əs/ us/ˌsʊ.ˈkoʊt/ /ˈsʊk.əs/
住棚节(犹太教信徒每年秋天举行的为期一周的活动,庆祝丰收,并通过建造小型棚屋来纪念犹太人在逃离埃及时穿越沙漠的那段时间)
a Jewish celebration held for a week every autumn, to celebrate the harvest (= the picking of crops) and, by building small shelters, to remember the time when the Jews were wandering (= walking) in the desert during their escape from Egypt
A sukkah is a temporary hut built for the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. 苏克棚是为了为期一周的犹太教住棚节建造的临时小屋。
They were there on holiday for the Jewish holiday of Succoth. 他们在那里度假是为了庆祝犹太节日住棚节。
Next week is the beginning of Sukkoth, or Tabernacles, the late harvest festival when Jews build sukkah, temporary shelters in which they eat their meals. 下周是住棚节或收获节的开始,这是犹太人的晚收节。他们会搭建临时的遮棚,在里面进餐。
Succot has become a time of thanksgiving for both the physical and spiritual gifts of God. 住棚节已成为感谢上帝物质和精神恩赐的时刻。
Synonym: Feast of Tabernacles
- More examples
- The Jewish holiday of Sukkot is being celebrated this week.
- Special Sukkot food customs have developed over the centuries.
- We arrived in Detroit on Succoth, the last days of September, 1920.