Epiphany
Epiphany 英 [ɪˈpɪfəni] 美 [ɪ'pɪfənɪ]
n. 主显节（每年一月六日纪念耶稣显灵的节日）；显现（特指神的显现）
名词复数:epiphanies
- Epiphany is the Christian festival held on January 6th, 12 days after Christmas, to celebrate the visit of the three kings (or wise men) to the infant Jesus.
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- n. 主显节（每年一月六日纪念耶稣显灵的节日）；显现（特指神的显现）
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1. “That was my Epiphany, ” he said of the sweetness he was trying to recapture.
“这是我的顿悟，”他说到他正在设法再次体验的甜蜜。
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2. This change might manifest itself as an Epiphany at some point during the project, or it might seep in as a gradual change.
这种更改可能在项目开发的过程中的某个时候突然出现，也有可能成为一点一点渐进的改变。
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3. I had an Epiphany recently.
最近，我有一种顿悟。
- epiphany (n.) early 14c., "festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles" (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital -E-), from Old French epiphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Greek epiphaneia "manifestation, striking appearance, festival held in commemoration of the appearance of a god at some particular place" (in New Testament, "advent or manifestation of Christ"), from epiphanes "manifest, conspicuous," from epiphainein "to manifest, display, show off; come suddenly into view," from epi "on, to" (see epi-) + phainein "to show" (from PIE root *bha- (1) "to shine"). Of divine beings other than Christ, first recorded 1660s; general literary sense of "any manifestation or revelation" appeared 1840, first in De Quincey.
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