vi 禁(絕)食，齋戒(go without all or certain food，esp for religious reasons or as a form of protest) [I]：～for an operation/on certain days 為做手術(shù)/在某些特定的日子禁食;Muslims～during the festival of Ramadan. 穆斯林教徒在齋月期間齋戒。〖同〗starve;〖反〗eat;
n 禁(絕)食(期)，齋戒(期)(act or period of going without food) [C]：finish two days'～結(jié)束為期兩天的齋戒;a～of five days 禁(絕)食五天;break one's～開齋(戒);keep/observe a～守齋;continue one's～until one's demands are met 在要求得到滿足之前繼續(xù)絕食;a～day 齋戒日;〖同〗 fasting;〖反〗 eat，feast