Sanctum
['sæŋ(k)təm] or ['sæŋktəm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a place of inviolable privacy; 'he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go'.
編輯:卢克--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
汉克整理
例句/造句/用法:
- With some curiosity as to what could have sent a brother medico to us at such an hour, I followed Holmes into our sanctum. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- We are privileged to enter that front door, and to penetrate to the domestic sanctum. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In passing the door of that sanctum some time after, I caught the words-- She'll happen do better for him nor ony o't' grand ladies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- This is our friend's consulting-room (or would be, if he ever prescribed), his sanctum, his studio, said my guardian to us. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
校對:迈拉