hallow

hallownoun詞源 1/ˈhæləʊ/

• 1

  A saint; a holy person; an apostle.

  • All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day").
• 2

  obsoleteThe relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.

  • To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.

hallowverb詞源 2/ˈhæləʊ/

• 1

  To make holy, to sanctify.

  • […]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.
  • Come hallow the goblet with something more true / Than words we forget in a minute.

hallowverb詞源 3/ˈhæləʊ/

• 1

  To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

  • […] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.

hallownoun詞源 3/ˈhæləʊ/

• 1

  A shout, cry; a hulloo.

  • Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.
  • I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• hollow