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A carnival (狂欢节：一个大斋节前的节日，人们狂欢作乐并宴饮) reveller ( 饮酒狂欢者) wearing a fancy dress costume poses (摆姿势) in front of the cathedral at the start of the carnival in Cologne November 11, 2008. In many parts of Germany, at 11:11am on November 11 marks the official start of Carnival, a season of controlled raucous (喧闹而无序的) fun that reaches a climax (高潮, 顶点) during the days before Ash Wednesday *and the start of Lent*. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) |
Ash Wednesday: The seventh Wednesday before Easter and the first day of Lent, on which many Christians receive a mark of ashes on the forehead as a token of penitence and mortality.
圣灰星期三，大斋首日：复活节前第七个星期三和大斋期的第一天，在这一天很多基督教都用灰在前额画一标记以作忏悔和必死的标志
Lent: The 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday until Easter observed by Christians as a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter.
大斋节，封斋期：从圣灰星期三（大斋节的第一天）到复活节的四十天，基督徒视之为禁食和为复活节作准备而忏悔的季节