资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten,
lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz,
G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at
this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.)
A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and
continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches
as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
{Lent lily} (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
blossoming in spring.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Lent lily
n : lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad
funnel-shaped white flowers [syn: {Madonna lily}, {white
lily}, {Annunciation lily}, {Lilium candidum}]