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    epiphany

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++epiphany noun [countable] literary  an occasion when you suddenly understand something 顿悟
    Related topics: Christianity
    E·piph·a·ny /ɪˈpɪfəni/ noun [uncountable]  RRCa Christian holy day on January 6th that celebrates the day when the Three Kings came to see the baby Jesus 主显节〔1月6日，纪念三博士拜见圣婴耶稣的基督教节日〕
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    Epiphany• Come Epiphany, she had grown too fond of them to take them down.• To return to the question concerning the meaning of Epiphany let me ask another question.• He had resolved to begin the communal discernment that he hoped would end the Standing on the Sunday after the Epiphany.• It's hardly three weeks to Epiphany.• Does anyone know what the word Epiphany means?    Origin epiphany (1600-1700) French épiphanie, from Greek epiphaneia “appearance”
    epiphany nounE·piph·a·ny nounChineseSyllable
    occasion an something you Corpus suddenly when understand


    Epiphany
    E‧piph‧a‧ny /ɪˈpɪfəni/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: épiphanie, from Greek epiphaneia 'appearance'
    a Christian holy day on January 6th that celebrates the day when the Three Kings came to see the baby Jesus


    epiphany
    epiphany noun [countable] literary
    an occasion when you suddenly understand something


    Epiph·anyBrE /ɪˈpɪfəni/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈpɪfəni/ 🔊 nouna Christian festival, held on the 6 January, in memory of the time when the Magi came to see the baby Jesus at Bethlehem 显现节，主显节（1 月 6 日，纪念贤士朝拜耶稣）