A Christian festival observed from December24, Christmas Eve, to January5, the eve of Epiphany. 圣诞节节期圣诞节假日从十二月二十四日的圣诞前一天,到一月五日的显灵节前一天
With the invention of the CPU an epiphany in material management occurred. 随著cpu的发明,物流管理的王道也出现了!
We didn't expect anybody to stand up and holler that they had an epiphany. 我们不能指望某些人站出来大声喊他们顿悟了真谛。
epiphany
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a divine manifestation
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twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
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Epiphany \E*piph"a*ny\, n. [F. ['e]piphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. 'epifa`nia (sc. ?), for 'epifa`neia appearance, fr. 'epifai`nein to show forth; 'epi` + fai`nein to show. See {Fancy}.] 1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. --Jer. Taylor.
An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. --De Quincey.
2. (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
While crews stopped searching the wreckage and began to close off the area, more than 300 people gathered at the Cathedral of the Epiphany to pray for the victims and the survivors.
Underground Palestinian leaders Tuesday called general strikes for Christmas Eve and the Epiphany holiday on which Orthodox churches mark Christ's birth.