spirituals是什么意思？

spirituals

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• n. 精神上的( spiritual的名词复数 )，心灵的，教会的，宗教的；

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• ADJ
  精神(上)的;心灵(上)的
  Spiritual means relating to people's thoughts and beliefs, rather than to their bodies and physical surroundings.
  例句
  She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination. 她追求精神上的满足，完全生活在一个诗歌和想象的世界里。
• ADJ
  宗教(上)的；宗教信仰(上)的
  Spiritual means relating to people's religious beliefs.
  例句
  The spiritual leader of Ireland's 3.7 million Catholics... 爱尔兰 370 万天主教徒的宗教领袖 A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance. 一位身着牧师袍服的男子进行了宗教布道。
• N-COUNT
  灵歌(原为美国黑奴所唱的一种宗教歌曲)
  A spiritual is a religious song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America.
• PHRASE
  精神家园;精神故乡
  Your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there.