| 单词 | shrine |
| 释义 | shrine —shrineless, adj. —shrinelike, adj. /shruyn/, n. , v. , shrined, shrining. n. 1. a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage. 2. any place or object hallowed by its history or associations: a historic shrine. 3. any structure or place consecrated or devoted to some saint, holy person, or deity, as an altar, chapel, church, or temple. 4. a receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary. v.t. 5. to enshrine. [bef. 1000; ME schrine, OE scrin (c. G Schrein, D schrijn) < L scrinium case for books and papers] |
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