candlemas

candlemas

1. Its special day was previously on Candlemas, a holiday that was celebrated when winter was half over.

牠的特殊之日原先时值Candlemas，这个节日是在冬天过了一半时庆祝的。

2. Candlemas Day

[苏]春季结帐日

3. Groundhog Day grew out of the folklore saying “If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there'll be two winters in the year.

土拨鼠日是由一个民俗衍生的“如果圣烛日那天是晴朗的，那么那年就会有2个冬天。”

4. ” Candlemas is the Christian feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, when it was customary for the clergy to bless candles given to parishioners.

圣烛日圣母玛利亚的节日，神职人员会习惯用蜡烛给教区的居民祈福。

5. Candlemas is exactly 40 days after Christmas, on February 2nd.

圣烛日确切来说是圣诞节即2月2号后的第40天。

6. Candlemas [Feb. 2]

圣烛节

7. If the groundhog sees its shadow, it will return into its burrow and winter will continue for 6 more weeks.[1] Candlemas is sometimes the same day, and has similar beliefs about the coming weather.

如果土拨鼠看到自己的影子，它将返回到其洞穴和冬季将持续6个星期。[ 1 ]圣烛有时同一天，也有类似的信念和对未来的天气。

8. If on Candlemas day it be shower and rain, winter is gone, and will not come again.

如果圣烛节下冰雹和雨水，冬天已经一去不复返。

9. If Candlemas Day is bright and clear There'll be two winters in the year

如果圣烛节天气晴朗今年就会有两个冬天

10. If Candlemas day be fair and bright, winter will have another flight;

如果圣烛节（二月二日）天气晴朗，冬天将再持续一段时间，

11. When settlers arrived from Europe to the United States in the 1700’s, they brought with them a holiday they called “Candlemas Day.

当移民者在西元1700年代自欧洲抵达美国时，他们带来了一个节日叫做”圣烛节。”

12. Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.

意译：南极洲的企鹅都聚结在纯洁冰的冰山上，靠近圣烛节岛的南部三文治岛内。

13. Photo Gallery: Extreme Earth Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.

意译：极端的地球图片。Chinstrap企鹅群骑在周围是浪花高的蓝色冰山上靠近圣烛节岛位于南部三文治群岛。

14. It was thought that if Candlemas Day was sunny, the next 6 weeks of winter would be stormy and cold.

据说，如果圣烛日那天晴朗，那个冬天随后的6个星期将会是严寒交加。

15. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,

若圣烛节带来了云与雨

16. The snow promised by the Candlemas sun of the preceding day had actually come.

透过碎了玻璃的窗格，可以望见外面正下着雪。昨天圣烛节许下的严寒果真到了。