英语词汇“palladium”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pal·la·di·um²

(pə-lādē-əm)

n. pl. pal·la·di·a (-dē-ə) or pal·la·di·ums

1. A safeguard, especially one viewed as a guarantee of the integrity of social institutions: the Bill of Rights, palladium of American civil liberties.

2. A sacred object that was believed to have the power to preserve a city or state possessing it.

[Middle English Palladion, a statue of Pallas Athena believed to protect Troy, from Old French palladion, from Latin Palladium, from Greek Palladion, from Pallas, Pallad-, Pallas Athena.]

单词	palladium
释义	pal·la·di·um² (pə-lādē-əm) n. pl. pal·la·di·a (-dē-ə) or pal·la·di·ums 1. A safeguard, especially one viewed as a guarantee of the integrity of social institutions: the Bill of Rights, palladium of American civil liberties. 2. A sacred object that was believed to have the power to preserve a city or state possessing it. [Middle English Palladion, a statue of Pallas Athena believed to protect Troy, from Old French palladion, from Latin Palladium, from Greek Palladion, from Pallas, Pallad-, Pallas Athena.]
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