grail

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n. 长期以来梦寐以求的东西

发音

其它 /ɡɹeɪl/

词形变化

grails 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The Holy Grail.

  2. 2.

    Something eagerly sought or quested for.

    Becoming an astronaut was his grail.

  3. 1.

    A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

  4. 1.

    Small particles of earth; gravel.

    诗歌 不可数
  5. 1.

    One of the small feathers of a hawk.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

target object aim objective

相关短语

Holy Grail 圣杯；圣盘 holy grail

词源

From Middle English graal, greal, from Old French graal, greal (“cup”), from Medieval Latin gradalis, possibly corrupted over time from Latin crater (“bowl”).

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