Lent
/lent/noun
1- the period preceding Easter which in the Christian Church is devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. In the Western Church it runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, and so includes forty weekdays.大斋节（指基督教复活节前的一段时期, 按基督教教会规矩, 在此期内须斋戒、禁欲并忏悔, 以纪念耶稣旷野守斋, 在西派教会里, 此节日从复活节前第七个星期三到复活节前一周的星期六, 共包括40个周日）。
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Lents
the boat races held at Cambridge University in the Lent term剑桥大学春季划船赛。
词源
Middle English: abbreviation of LENTEN.