lustrum
英 ['lʌstrəm]
美
- n. 五年时间；人口普查
英英释义
- 1. a period of five years
- 2. a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
英文词源
- lustrum (n.)
- (plural lustra), "purification of the Roman people every five years," 1580s, from Latin lustrum, perhaps from root of luere "to wash," related to lavere (see lave). Or [Watkins, Klein] from PIE *leuk-stro-, from base *leuk- "light, brightness."
词态变化
复数: lustrums; lustra;