/lent ||; lɛnt/noun [U] a period of 40 days starting in February or March, when some Christians stop doing or eating certain things for religious reasons 大斋节，四旬齌（始自二月或三月，为期40天，某些基督徒基于宗教原因不做某些活儿或不吃某些东西）: I'm giving up smoking for Lent. 我在大斋节期间不抽烟。