Anoint

[ə'nɒɪnt] or [ə'nɔɪnt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.

(verb.) choose by or as if by divine intervention; 'She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group'.

班森編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

(v. t.) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

(p. p.) Anointed.

安娜校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Smear, rub over with oil or unctuous matter.[2]. Consecrate by unction.

編輯:谢恩

解釋/意思:

v.t. to smear with ointment or oil: to consecrate with oil.—n. Anoint′ment the act of anointing or state of being anointed.—The Anointed the Messiah.

手打:奈杰尔