altar是什么意思？

altar

英[ˈɔ:ltə(r)] 美[ˈɔltɚ]

• n. 祭坛，圣坛，圣餐台；

复数：altars;

例句

• to genuflect before an altar 在祭坛前下跪
• He knelt as a suppliant at the altar. 他跪在祭坛前祈祷.
• The pews, the pulpit and the altar are of a piece with the simple elegance of the church itself. 长木椅 、 布道坛和祭坛都与教堂朴素高雅的气氛一致.
• He bore the flagon to the altar, which position in the court of the priests. 他肩著水瓶来到祭司院子当中的祭坛前.
• It is ( a ) sacrilege to steal a crucifix from an altar. 从圣坛窃取耶稣受难像是亵渎神灵的行为.
• And lit a fire on the Chaldean altar. 点燃查尔德安祭坛之火.
• Then another angel a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. 3另有一位天使,拿著金香炉来,站在祭坛旁边.
• The vicar took a candlestick from the altar. 牧师从圣餐台上拿起一座烛台.
• The altar was flanked by two Christmas trees. 圣坛两侧是两棵圣诞树。
• 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。

词组

• lead someone to the altar
  marry a woman 娶某人为妻
• sacrifice someone/thing on/at the altar of
  cause someone or something to suffer in the interests of 使某人或物作牺牲

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  祭坛；神坛
  An altar is a holy table in a church or temple.
  例句
  ...the high altar at Chichester Cathedral. 奇切斯特大教堂内的主祭坛
• PHRASE
  作…的祭品；成为…的牺牲品
  If you say that someone or something is sacrificed at the altar of another thing, you mean they suffer or are destroyed because of that thing.
  例句
  Napoleon's army was sacrificed on the altar of folly in the disastrous Russian campaign. 在灾难性的俄国战役中，拿破仑的军队成了这一愚蠢之举的牺牲品。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  （教堂、庙宇的）圣坛,祭坛,祭台,圣餐桌,供桌
  The vicar took a candlestick from the altar. 牧师从圣餐台上拿起一座烛台。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the table in Christian churches where communion is given
  2. a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

行业词典

• 建筑： 神坛；