Methodist
['meθədɪst]
解释:
(noun.) a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church.
(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley; 'Methodist theology' .
手打:朱迪--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who observes method.
(n.) One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.
(n.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.
(n.) A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.
录入:朱迪思
例句:
- On rising, another struck up a Methodist hymn, of which the burden was, The year of Jubilee is come,-- Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Did you see me play the methodist parson, in a tub, at Mrs. Beaumont's masquerade last Thursday? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Tom's Methodist hymn-book, which, in his hurry, he had forgotten, he now held up and turned over. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- How I hate these cursed Methodist hymns! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Tom began a Methodist hymn. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- That was very brutal, I think, said Dorothea Well, now, it seemed rather black to me, I confess, in a Methodist preacher, you know. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- And that Methodist milksop of an eldest son looks to Parliament, continued Mr. Crawley, after a pause. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Tom Sheridan would have liked to have copied it, when he played the methodist in a tub, at Mrs. Beaumont's masquerade. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Amen, was the murmured response from the lips of Tom and Mammy, and some of the elder ones, who belonged to the Methodist church. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The mulatto woman was a member of the Methodist church, and had an unenlightened but very sincere spirit of piety. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The methodists, without half the learning of the dissenters, are much more in vogue. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
手打:苏珊