altar

英 ['ɔːltə; 'ɒl-] 美 ['ɔltɚ]

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※ 提供单词"altar"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

altar 祭坛

词根al, 滋养。此处用于宗教义，指祭祀神灵。同时，受词根alt强化，alt, 高。

altar: altar: [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word altar is that of sacrificial burning. Latin altar, which was borrowed directly into Old English, was a derivative of the plural noun altāria, ‘burnt offerings’, which probably came from the verb adolēre ‘burn up’. Adolēre in turn appears to be a derivative of olēre ‘smell’ (the connection being the smell made by combustion), which is related to English odour, olfactory, and redolent. (The traditional view that altar derives from Latin altus ‘high’ is no longer generally accepted, although no doubt it played a part, by association, in its development.) In Middle English, the Old French form auter replaced altar, but in the 16th century the Latin form re-established itself.
=> odour, olfactory, redolent
altar (n.): Old English alter, altar, from Latin altare (plural altaria) "high altar, altar for sacrifice to the great gods," perhaps originally meaning "burnt offerings" (compare Latin adolere "to worship, to offer sacrifice, to honor by burning sacrifices to"), but influenced by Latin altus "high." In Middle English, often auter, from Old French auter. Reintroduced from Latin 1500s. As a symbol of marriage, by 1820.

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1. Matilda was embroidering an altar cloth covered with flowers and birds.: 玛蒂尔达在一块有花鸟图案的祭坛布上刺绣。

4. Pope John Paul II knelt in his white robes before the simple altar.: 教皇约翰·保罗二世身着白色长袍在简朴的圣坛前面跪下来。

5. The coffin lying before the altar was bare, except for a single wreath of white roses.: 祭台前的棺木上除了仅有的一个白玫瑰花圈外，没有其他任何装饰。