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

单词

incensation

释义

incense¹ /inˈsens/

noun

Material burned or volatilized to give fragrant fumes, esp in religious rites, usu a mixture of resins and gums, etc (eg olibanum, benzoin, styrax, cascarilla bark)
The fumes so obtained
Any pleasant smell
Homage, adulation (figurative)

transitive verb

ORIGIN: OFr encens, from L incēnsum, from incendere to set on fire

incensāˈtion noun

inˈcenser or inˈcensor (or /-sensˈ/) noun

inˈcensory (or /-sensˈ/) noun

A censer or thurible

inˈcense-boat noun

A boat-shaped vessel for feeding a censer with incense

inˈcense-breathing adjective (Gray)

Exhaling fragrance

inˈcense-burner noun

A stationary vessel for burning incense

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