• n. （天主教的）晚祷；晚课（vesper的复数）

来自PIE*wes-pero,黄昏，晚上，*wes,向下，太阳向山，词源同west,-pero,出现，词源同appear.引申义晚课，晚祷。

vespers

vespers: [17] Latin vesper meant ‘evening’, and like Greek hésperos it went back ultimately to Indo-European *wespero-. This was formed from a base *we- which denoted ‘down’ and also produced English west, so etymologically vesper signified ‘time when the sun goes down’. (Russian vecher ‘evening’ comes from another version of the same base.) English vespers itself goes back via Old French vespres to the plural of the variant Latin form vespera.
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1. All - Night Vigil , Op. 37, Vespers: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

守夜, 作品37, 晚祷: 祝福我主, 哦,我的灵魂.

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2. A service held on Sundays holythe office of vespers.

我们的教堂每星期天举行三次礼拜仪式.

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3. Roman Catholic Church: vespers of the office for the dead.

罗马天主教堂; 为死者的祭礼做晚祷.

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4. The boys went to sleep after vespers.

晚课后,男孩子们去睡了.

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5. A bell that summons worshipers to vespers.

晚祷钟提醒祈祷者集合的钟.

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