megillah
/muh-gil-uh; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew muh-gee-lah/US // məˈgɪl ə; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew mə giˈlɑ //UK // (məˈɡɪlə, Hebrew miɡiˈla) //
大纪元,大宪章,大麻
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural me·gil·lahs, Sephardic Hebrew me·gil·loth, me·gil·lot [muh-gee-lawt]. /mə giˈlɔt/.
- : Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah.a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- : Hebrew. a scroll, especially one containing the Book of Esther. Others are the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, the Book of Ruth, and the Book of Lamentations.
Examples
We fasted for Yom Kippur, read from the Megillah for Purim, and said bruchas over every meal.
Thus he never had to read the Megillah nor drink to celebrate an act of bloody revenge.
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