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harvest festival

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity, Chronology
ˌharvest ˈfestival noun [countable]  especially British EnglishRRCTMC a church service held in the autumn to thank God for the harvest 收获感恩节 thanksgiving
Examples from the Corpus
harvest festivalOctober2000 Many Churches hold a harvest festival at this time of the year.It was as if a harvest festival were enacted daily, for throughout the hours of market the church bell tolled quietly.One time the father was away on business, and the stepmother went out to a harvest festival.Sunday, the following afternoon, the three of us went to a harvest festival at the Athens Fairgrounds.People used to come here at night at harvest festival time and pray and dance.One of the courgettes has been allowed to grow into a marrow, ready for our own harvest festival.
ˌharvest ˈfestival nounChineseSyllable
service to autumn Corpus God the held in thank a church


harvest festival
ˌharvest ˈfestival noun [countable]
especially British English a church service held in the autumn to thank God for the harvest
thanksgiving


harvest festivalBrE /ˌhɑːvɪst ˈfestɪvl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhɑːrvɪst ˈfestɪvl/ 🔊 nouna service held in Christian churches when people thank God for the crops that have been gathered 秋收感恩节   compare thanksgiving (1)