Church
[tʃɜːtʃ] or [tʃɝtʃ]
解释:
(noun.) a place for public (especially Christian) worship; 'the church was empty'.
(noun.) one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship.
(noun.) the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; 'our church is hosting a picnic next week'.
(verb.) perform a special church rite or service for; 'church a woman after childbirth'.
霍奇编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A building set apart for Christian worship.
(n.) A Jewish or heathen temple.
(n.) A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
(n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
(n.) The collective body of Christians.
(n.) Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
(n.) The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
(v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
达琳录入
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Temple, house of worship, house of God, meeting-house.[2]. Body of Christians.[3]. Ecclesiastical authority (as distinguished from that of the State).
编辑:特鲁迪
解释:
n. a house set apart for Christian worship: the whole body of Christians: the clergy: any particular sect or denomination of Christians: any body professing a common creed not necessarily Christian.—v.t. to perform with any one the giving of thanks in church more esp. of a woman after childbirth or of a newly-married couple on first appearing at church after marriage.—ns. Church′-ale a strong ale brewed for a church festival: the festival at which the ale was drunk; Church′-bench (Shak.) a seat in the porch of a church; Church′-court a court for deciding ecclesiastical causes a presbytery synod or general assembly; Church′-gō′ing the act of going to church esp. habitually; Church′ing the first appearance of a woman in church after childbirth; Church′ism adherence to the forms or principles of some church.—adj. Church′less not belonging to a church: (Tennyson) without church approval.—ns. Church′man a clergyman or ecclesiastic: a member or upholder of the established church; Church′-rate an assessment for the sustentation of the fabric &c. of the parish church; Church′-serv′ice the form of religious service followed in a church order of public worship a book containing such; Church′-text a thin and tall form of black-letter print; Churchwar′den an officer who represents the interests of a parish or church: a long clay-pipe; Church′way the public way or road that leads to the church; Church′woman a female member of the Anglican Church.—adj. Church′y obtrusively devoted to the church.—n. Church′yard the burial-ground round a church.—Church history the description of the course of development through which the church as a whole as well as its special departments and various institutions has passed from the time of its foundation down to our own day; Church militant the church on earth in its struggle against evil; Church triumphant the portion of the church which has overcome and left this world.—Visible and Invisible church (see Visible).
手打:梅尔瓦
娱乐性解释：
To dream of seeing a church in the distance, denotes disappointment in pleasures long anticipated. To enter one wrapt in gloom, you will participate in a funeral. Dull prospects of better times are portended.
录入:朱莉
例句:
- On the second day he found his wife and Sir Percival whispering together quite familiar, close under the vestry of the church. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I saw them stop near the church and speak to the sexton's wife, who had come from the cottage, and had waited, watching us from a distance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But since we no longer have the Church I do not think it carries importance. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Not a vestige of the entry which recorded the marriage of Sir Felix Glyde and Cecilia Jane Elster in the register of the church! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I should have walked on to the church if the conversation of two men and a woman on the outskirts of the crowd had not caught my ear. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It is a droll little church. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He is leaving the Church on account of his opinions--his doubts would do him no good at Oxford. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- My impatience to reach the church was so great that I could not remain inactive in the cottage while the clerk lit the lantern again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He would like the wedding to be the day after tomorrow, quite privately; at the church of his parish--not at ours. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Part of the evening church service was the form of worship observed in Mr. Helstone's household. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- This desecration was not the act of some isolated fanatic; it was the official act of the church. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Its destination was the old church of Saint Pancras, far off in the fields. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- All church preferments were in this manner in the disposal of the church. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- It may be an admirable agent of reform, but it has ceased to be a church. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- We have already shown how the hold of the Catholic church upon the consciences of men was weakening at this time. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We have almost no spiritual weapons against classicalism: universities, churches, newspapers are by-products of a commercial success; we have no tradition of intellectual revolt. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- With Ephesus, forty miles from here, where was located another of the seven churches, the case was different. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Theoretically, Mr. Yorke placed all sects and churches on a level. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Early in the morning, I sauntered through the dear old tranquil streets, and again mingled with the shadows of the venerable gateways and churches. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Human beings have desires that are far more important than the tools and toys and churches they make to satisfy them. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The Seven Churches--thus they abbreviate it--came next on the list. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Look at the so-called liberal churches. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Where churches were being built he painted glass, where towns or nobles needed measurers or surveyors of their lands he worked for them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The line between the Rebel and Union element in Georgetown was so marked that it led to divisions even in the churches. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Houses, gates, churches, haystacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- They prowled about the churches and picture-galleries, much in the old, dreary, prison-yard manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Useful clocks of wondrous make were described in the annals of the middle ages, especially in Germany, made by monks and others for Kings, monasteries and churches. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The liberal and advanced churches recognize this fact by exhibiting a great preoccupation with everyday affairs. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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