sanctuary

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n. 圣所(指教堂、寺院等), 耶路撒冷的神殿, 避难所 [法] 庇护所, 避难所, 教堂

发音

UK /ˈsæŋktjʊəɹi/
其它
UK /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃʊəɹi/
US /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/

词形变化

sanctuaries 复数 sanctuaries

别名

seintuary

教材释义与例句

名词

避难所；至圣所；耶路撒冷的神殿

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A place of safety, refuge, or protection.

    避难所

    可数 不可数

    My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.

  2. 2.

    An area set aside for protection.

    可数 不可数

    The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.

  3. 3.

    A state of being protected, asylum.

    可数 不可数

    The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.

  4. 4.

    The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.

    圣所

    可数 不可数

    Near-synonym: chancel (broadly synonymous)

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

asylum refuge bema chancel

上位词 4

place area property shelter

下位词 7

harbor harbour tabernacle safehouse Holy of Holies safehold sanctum sanctorum

部分词 2

choir choirstall

整体词 1

church

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English seyntuarie, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium (“a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in Medieval Latin also temple, church, churchyard, cemetery, right of asylum”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”); see saint.

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