altar
美音:
[´ɔltə
]英音:
[´ɔltə
]n.祭坛,(基督教教堂内的)圣坛,祈祷祭拜的地方
难易程度:
altar为短语/超纲词汇
词频:5643
词根
alt=high(高的)
altar
/'ɔ:ltə(r); `ɔltɚ/
n
1 (in Christian churches) table on which bread and wine are consecrated in the Communion service (基督教教堂内的)圣餐桌. =>illus at App
1 见附录1之插图, page viii.
2 table or raised flat-topped platform on which offerings are made to a god (供奉神时用以放置供品的)供桌, 祭坛.
3 (idm 习语) lead sb to the altar =>lead3.
altar
n[C]
[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin;Origin: altare]
a holy table or surface used in religious ceremonies
a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church)
The victim was tied to a sacrificial altar.
the area furthest from the entrance of a church, where the priest or minister stands