A celebration of the annual harvest, especially (in Britain) one held in schools and as a service in Christian churches, to which gifts of food are brought for the poor.
(尤指在英国中小学校所举办的一年一度)收获节;(英国基督教教会每年举行的)收获感恩礼拜
an old dark church, full of leftovers from the harvest festival
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Foodstuffs taken to church for the harvest festival are generally given to charity.
In traditional Ireland, Samhain was the harvest festival marking the end of one year and beginning of the next.
And they are planning a harvest festival next Saturday, featuring a local produce auction, as part of the festivities.
They have donated a basket of bread for our harvest festival for the past couple of years.
At harvest festival, Grant's the bakers would provide a massive bread loaf in the shape of a sheaf of corn, propped up on the altar.