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Esther

英 ['estə] 美
  • n. 以斯帖(犹太女王名);以斯帖记;埃丝特(女子名)

英英释意


1. (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
2. an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre