Alms
[ɑːmz]
解釋/意思:
(n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
欧内斯廷編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Charity, benefaction, gift, charitable donation, eleemosynary aid.
费利西亚編輯
解釋/意思:
n. relief given out of pity to the poor.—ns. Alms′-deed a charitable deed; Alms′-drink (Shak.) leavings of drink; Alms′-fee an annual tax of one penny on every hearth formerly sent from England to Rome Peter's pence; Alms′house a house endowed for the support and lodging of the poor; Alms′-man a man who lives by alms.
奥尔登錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思：
Alms will bring evil if given or taken unwillingly. Otherwise, a good dream.
阿方斯校對
例句/造句/用法:
- This is some very old inscription, existing perhaps long before the ancient alms-houses in this place. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- By the way, it will suit you, Dorothea; for the cottages are like a row of alms-houses--little gardens, gilly-flowers, that sort of thing. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- A poor prisoner, fed on alms and broken victuals; a squalid, disgraced wretch! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Some people say we shouldn't give alms to the poor, Shirley. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They live on alms altogether, I believe. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
杰拉尔德編輯