zoar

发音

UK /ˈzəʊ.ɑː/
其它
US /ˈzoʊ.ɑɹ/

词形变化

zoars 复数 zoars

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A place of refuge; a sanctuary.

词源

From Zoar, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”).

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