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tallith

/Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tah-lis; Sephardic Hebrew tah-leet/US // Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈtɑ lɪs; Sephardic Hebrew tɑˈlit //

高个子,高层,高个儿,高层建筑

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tal·li·thim, tal·li·tim, tal·li·sim [Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tah-lee-sim, -ley-, tah-luh-sim; Sephardic Hebrew tah-lee-teem]. /Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tɑˈli sɪm, -ˈleɪ-, ˌtɑ ləˈsɪm; Sephardic Hebrew tɑ liˈtim/. Judaism.

    • : a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative Jews, as during the morning service.

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Examples

  • One father spread his tallith over his sons, and killed them and himself.

  • She saw him go down in his working clothes; she did not know that he had hidden the tallith under his apron.

  • They laid the body on the floor in front of the prison cells and covered it with the tallith as with a shroud.