altar
pronunciation
UK [ˈɔ:ltə(r)]
US [ˈɔltɚ]
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- n.
- 祭坛，圣坛
- 圣餐台
Word Origin
altar 祭坛
词根al, 滋养。此处用于宗教义，指祭祀神灵。同时，受词根alt强化，alt, 高。
Example
- 1. My grandfather was the high priest and I his altar boy .
- 我的祖父是高级牧师，我是他的祭坛侍童。
- 2. Then aaron 's sons shall sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides .
- 亚伦的子孙要把血洒在坛的四周。
- 3. The altar painting of the virgin mentioned above soon follows .
- 上面提到的圣母玛利亚的圣坛画紧随其后。
- 4. Business writers have always worshipped at the altar of success .
- 商业作者向来爱把“成功”捧上神坛。
- 5. It is called like this because the discoverers found a cross , an altar and some icons here .
- 这样称之是因为发现者在此找到了一个十字架、一个祭台和一些图标。