名詞 vespers:

1. the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
   同義詞：evensong

名詞 vesper:

1. a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
   同義詞：evening star, Hesperus, Vesper
2. a late afternoon or evening worship service
   同義詞：vesper

1. The boys went to sleep after vespers.
   晚課后，男孩子們?nèi)ニ恕?/div>

vespers 也作 Ves.pers

pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)（復(fù)數(shù)名詞）（與單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)動詞連用）

The sixth of the seven canonical hours.
七小時祈禱中的第六小時
A worship service held in the late afternoon or evening in many Western Christian churches.
晚禱：在許多西方基督教堂中下午或者晚間進行的祈禱
The time of day appointed for this service.
用來作禱告的時間
Evensong.
晚禱曲
Roman Catholic Church A service held on Sundays or holy days that includes the office of vespers.
【羅馬天主教】 禮拜儀式：在星期天或者圣日里包括祈禱儀式的一種儀式

來源：
Obsolete French vespres
已廢法語 vespres
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Medieval Latin vesper3s [evening service]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 vesper3s [晚間儀式]
from Latin [accusative pl. of] vespera [evening]
源自 拉丁語 [] vespera的賓格復(fù)數(shù) [晚間]
variant of vesper * see vesper
vesper的變體 *參見 vesper