altar

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n. 圣坛, 祭坛

发音

UK /ˈɒl.tə/
UK /ˈɔːl.tə/
US /ˈɔl.tɚ/
/ˈɑl.tɚ/

词形变化

altars 复数 altars

别名

alter

教材释义与例句

名词

祭坛；圣坛；圣餐台

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

    祭坛

    圣坛

  2. 2.

    A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.

    非正式
  3. 3.

    Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

table construction structure

下位词 1

high altar

相关短语

altar boy 祭台助手；侍者 altar screen altar bell altar wine n. 作弥撒时所用的圣酒 altar poem altar wines altar boys (altar-boy 的复数) 祭台助手；侍者 altar card altar girl altar girls altar cards altar screens altar bells altar poems altar tomb

词源

Inherited from Middle English auter, inherited from Old English altar and borrowed from Old French auter, both derived from Latin altāre, probably related to adolere (“burn”); thus "burning place", influenced by altus (“high”). Displaced native Middle English wēved.

来源：wiktionary