seminary

FREQ #18762

n. 神学院, 发源地

发音

US /ˈsɛmənɛɹi/
其它
UK /ˈsɛmɪnəɹi/
UK /ˈsɛmɪnɹi/

词形变化

seminaries 复数 seminaries

别名

sem

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.

    神学院

  2. 2.

    A private residential school for girls.

  3. 3.

    A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.

  4. 4.

    A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.

  5. 5.

    The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.

    引申义
  6. 6.

    Seminal state or polity.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.

  8. 8.

    An academic seminar.

    古体
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to seed; seminal.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

private school

词源

From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary.

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