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单词 holy war
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holy /hōˈli/

adjective
  1. Perfect in a moral sense
  2. Pure in heart
  3. Religious
  4. Associated with God or gods
  5. Set apart for a sacred use
  6. Regarded with awe (often ironic)
  7. Saintly
  8. Sanctimonious, simulating holiness
noun

A holy object, place or (obsolete) person

ORIGIN: OE hālig, literally, whole, from hāl sound; connected with hail2, heal1, whole

hoˈlily adverb

hoˈliness noun

  1. Sanctity
  2. (with cap) a title of the Pope and of patriarchs in Eastern Churches
  3. (with cap) a title of respect applied in non-Christian religions to a person believed to have achieved a high degree of spiritual enlightenment

holydam, holydame or hollidam noun (Shakespeare)

, used for halidom

hoˈlier-than-thouˈ adjective

Offensively sanctimonious and patronizing

noun

  1. Such an attitude
  2. Someone who has such an attitude

hoˈly-ale noun

(conjectured in Shakespeare's Pericles I.1.6, for rhyme's sake) a church festival

Holy Alliance noun

A league formed after the fall of Napoleon (1815) by the sovereigns of Austria, Russia and Prussia, professedly to regulate all national and international relations in accordance with the principles of Christian charity

holy city noun

  1. Depending upon religion: Jerusalem
  2. Rome
  3. Mecca
  4. Benares
  5. Allahabad, etc
  6. (in Christianity) heaven

holy coat noun

The seamless robe of Jesus, claimed to be kept at Trier, Germany

hoˈly-cruˈel adjective (Shakespeare)

Cruel through holiness

holy day noun

A religious festival (see also holiday)

Holy Family noun

The infant Christ with Joseph, Mary, etc

Holy Ghost see Holy Spirit below.

holy grail see under grail1

holy grass noun

A sweet-smelling grass sometimes strewn on church floors on festival days

holy Joe noun (slang)

  1. A parson
  2. A pious person

Holy Land noun

Biblical Palestine

Holy Office noun

  1. The Inquisition
  2. A former title of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the RC doctrinal court

holy of holies noun

  1. The innermost chamber of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem
  2. A very sacred place

Holy One noun

  1. God
  2. Christ
  3. The one who is holy, by way of emphasis
  4. A person, eg a monk, living a cloistered life in the service of God

holy orders see under order

Holy Roller noun (derogatory)

A preacher or follower of an extravagantly emotional religious sect

Holy Roman Empire noun

The unification of Europe with papal blessing, under a Christian emperor, 800–814AD and 962–1806AD

hoˈly-rood (as a place name /holˈ/) noun

  1. Christ's cross
  2. A cross, esp in Roman Catholic churches over the entrance to the chancel (for Holy-rood Day see under rood)

Holy Saturday noun

The Saturday before Easter Sunday

Holy See noun

The Roman Catholic bishopric of Rome, ie the Pope's see

Holy Sepulchre noun

The tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the crucifixion

Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost noun

The third person of the Christian trinity

hoˈlystone noun

A sandstone used by seamen for cleansing the decks, said to be named from cleaning the decks for Sunday, or from kneeling in using it

transitive verb

To scrub with a holystone

holy terror noun (informal, esp joc)

A formidable person, or someone given to causing commotion or agitation

Holy Thursday noun

Maundy Thursday

holy war noun

  1. A war waged for the eradication of heresy or a rival religion
  2. A Crusade

holy water noun

Water blessed for religious uses

Holy Week noun

The week before Easter

Holy Willie noun

A religious hypocrite (after Burns's poem)

holy writ noun

The Scriptures

Holy Year noun

In the Roman Catholic Church, a jubilee year

war1 /wör/

noun
  1. A state of conflict
  2. A contest between states, or between parties within a state (civil war) carried on by arms
  3. Any long-continued struggle, often against or between impersonal forces (figurative)
  4. Fighting (poetic)
  5. Open hostility
  6. The profession of arms
  7. An army, or war equipment (rare; poetic)
  8. A contest, conflict
intransitive verb (warrˈing; warred)
  1. To make war
  2. To carry on war
  3. To contend
adjective

Of, characteristic of, resulting from, or relating to war

ORIGIN: Late OE and ONFr werre (OFr and Fr guerre), from OHGer werra quarrel

warˈlike adjective

  1. Fond of war
  2. Bellicose
  3. Of or relating to war
  4. Martial, military
  5. Equipped for fighting (obsolete)
  6. Intended for use in war (obsolete)

warˈlikeness noun

war baby noun

  1. A baby born during a war, esp a serviceman's illegitimate child
  2. Any discreditable or troublesome result of war

warˈbird noun (informal)

A vintage military aircraft

war bonnet noun

A headdress, often with long trailing chains of feathers, worn by members of certain Native American tribes

war bride noun

A soldier's bride, met as a result of wartime movements or postings

war chest noun

Funds set aside to pay for a war, political campaign, etc

war cloud noun

  1. A cloud of smoke and dust over a battlefield
  2. A sign that war is threatening or impending (figurative)

war correspondent noun

A journalist or other person assigned to a war zone so as to give first-hand reports of events

war crime noun

A crime connected with war, esp one that violates the code of war

war criminal noun

war cry noun

  1. A cry used in battle for encouragement or as a signal
  2. A slogan (figurative)

war dance noun

  1. A dance engaged in by some peoples before going to war
  2. A dance imitating the actions of a battle

War Department noun

The name borne 1784–1857 by what became the War Office, still used in speaking of property such as stores or land

warˈdog noun

  1. A dog used in war
  2. An old warrior
  3. A war hawk

war drum noun

  1. A drum beaten as a summons to war, or during a battle
  2. A rumbling or threat of impending war (figurative)

warˈfare noun

  1. (from fare (n)) the activity of engaging in, waging, or carrying on war
  2. Armed conflict
  3. Conflict, struggle or feuding of any kind

intransitive verb (obsolete; lit and figurative)

To wage war

warˈfarer noun

warˈfaring adjective and noun

war game noun

  1. A mock or imaginary battle or military exercise used to train personnel in tactics, a kriegspiel
  2. A game, esp with detailed rules and using models, in which players enact historical or imaginary battles, etc

warˈ-gamer noun

A player of or participant in war games

war gas noun (chem)

Any poisonous or irritant gaseous chemical substance used in warfare or riot control deliberately to harm or temporarily disable those exposed to it

war god or war goddess noun

A deity who presides over war, assigning victory or defeat, etc

war hawk noun

Someone eager for war

warˈhead noun

The section of a torpedo or other missile containing the explosive material

warˈhorse noun

  1. A charger, a horse used in battle
  2. An old warrior in any field of conflict
  3. Any standard, familiar, reliable, much-performed piece of music, play, etc

war kettle noun

Among Native Americans, a kettle set on the fire as part of the ceremony of going to war

war loan noun

A loan raised to pay for a war

warˈlord noun (now usu derogatory)

A commander or commander-in-chief, esp where and when the military power is great

war machine noun

  1. A machine used in warfare
  2. The combined technical and administrative military resources mobilized by a country, alliance, etc in order to engage in war

warˈman noun (rare)

A warrior

war memorial noun

A monument erected to the memory of those (esp from a particular locality) who died in a war

warˈmonger noun

  1. A mercenary soldier (Spenser)
  2. Someone who encourages war, esp for personal gain

warˈmongering noun and adjective

war neurosis noun

A more accurate term for shellshock

war note noun (poetic)

A summons to war

war of attrition noun

A conflict in which both sides are worn down over a long period, with no decisive battles

War Office noun

  1. A former department of the civil government, headed by the Secretary of State for War (since 1964 under the Ministry of Defence)
  2. The former premises of the department in Whitehall

war of nerves noun

Systematic attempts to undermine morale by means of threats, rumours and counter-rumours, etc

war paint noun

  1. Paint applied to the face and body by primitive peoples, indicating that they are going to war
  2. Full dress, or finery, esp a woman's make-up (informal)

warˈpath noun

Among the Native Americans, the path followed on a military expedition, or the expedition itself (on the warpath engaged in conflict, in a mood for battle)

warˈplane noun

Any aircraft designed or intended for use in warfare

warˈ-proof noun (rare)

A valour proved in war

adjective

Able to withstand attack

warˈship noun

An armed vessel for use in war

war song noun

  1. A song sung by men about to fight
  2. A song celebrating brave deeds in war

warˈtime noun

A period during which a war is being fought

adjective

Of, relating to or characteristic of a time of war

war trial noun

The trial of a person accused of war crimes

warˈ-wastˈed adjective

Ravaged by war

warˈ-weaˈried or warˈ-weaˈry adjective

Tired of or exhausted by war

war whoop noun

A cry uttered on going into battle

war widow noun

A woman whose husband has been killed in war

warˈwolf noun

  1. A medieval siege engine
  2. A fierce warrior (Walter Scott)
  3. See also werewolf

warˈ-worn adjective

Wearied, worn, wasted, ravaged or marked by war

carry the war into the enemy's camp or country

To take the offensive boldly (lit and figurative)

civil war see under civil

cold war see under cold

declare war

  1. (with on or against) to announce formally that one is about to begin hostilities
  2. To set oneself to get rid of (figurative)

go to the wars (archaic)

To go to fight in a foreign country

go to war

To resort to armed conflict

have been in the wars (figurative)

To show signs of injury

holy war see under holy

make or wage war

To carry on hostilities

private war

Warfare between people in their individual capacity, eg by duelling, family feuds, etc

total war

War with every weapon at the combatant's disposal, sticking at nothing and sparing no one

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