Exodus

['eksədəs] or ['ɛksədəs] 美式发音

(noun.) a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.

(noun.) the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus.

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• This reference is the twenty-fifth chapter of the Book of Exodus, wherein the Lord commanded Moses to make golden spoons for the Tabernacle. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There was evidently nothing for it but to go, and Donne made his exodus, the heiress sweeping him a deep curtsy as she closed the gates on him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This exodus of the faithful continued, until at last only he and Abu Bekr remained. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When Joseph was dying he prophesied that exodus of the Israelites from Egypt which occurred four hundred years afterwards. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He had the most extraordinary notions about this European exodus and came at last to consider the whole nation as packing up for emigration to France. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The next book, Exodus, is concerned with the story of Moses. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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