Votary
['vəʊt(ə)rɪ] or ['votəri]
解释:
(noun.) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; 'the cultured votary of science'.
(noun.) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; 'a votary of Aphrodite'.
(noun.) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; 'monasteries of votaries'.
黛博拉编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
(n.) One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
欧文校对
同义词及近义词:
n. Devotee.
手打:肖恩
解释:
adj. bound or consecrated by a vow.—n. one devoted as by a vow to some service worship or way of life:—fem. Vō′taress.—n. Vō′tarist a votary.
整理:贾丝廷
例句:
- A votary of the Snake Goddess. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Seeing him draw nigh, burying his broad wheels in the oppressed soil--I, the prostrate votary--felt beforehand the annihilating craunch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- He loves the idol he serves, and prays day and night that his frenzy may be fed, and that the Ox-eyed may smile on her votary. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The Mithraist votary actually bathed in the blood of the sacrificial bull, and was born again thereby. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was a man undegraded, the disciple of reason, _not_ the votary of sense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Chariot and demon charioteer were gone by; the votary still lived. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Release me from the dry concern Of listening to their moaning, And from your votary ever turn Old dames with cholic groaning! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
编辑:路易斯