sexton

FREQ #37724

n. 教堂司事

发音

AU /ˈsɛk.stən/

词形变化

sextons 复数 sextons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.

  2. 2.

    A sexton beetle.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

sacristan

上位词 1

caretaker

相关短语

sexton beetle sexton beetles Sleeping Sexton

词源

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.

来源：wiktionary