Halloween
/ˌhæləʊˈiːn/(亦作Hallowe'en)
noun
- the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day. Halloween is of pre-Christian origin, being associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were thought to be abroad. Adopted as a Christian festival, it gradually became a secular rather than a Christian observance, involving dressing up and the wearing of masks.万圣节前夕, 诸圣日前夕（10月31日, 诸圣日的前夜, 起源于基督教创立以前, 与凯尔特人的桑巴因节有关, 该节日被认为是幽灵鬼怪四处出没的日子, 后来被基督教作为节日, 现已逐渐变为非宗教节日, 庆祝方式包括化装和戴面具等）。
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