altar
altar 英 [ˈɔ:ltə(r)] 美 [ˈɔltɚ]
n. 祭坛；圣坛；圣餐台
名词复数:altars
- An altar is a raised area in a house of worship where people can honor God with offerings. It is prominent in the Bible as "God's table," a sacred place for sacrifices and gifts offered up to God.
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- n. 祭坛；圣坛；圣餐台
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1. You wander off to one side, into the nave, and suddenly you come across this spectacular altar, or a beautiful painting that was totally unexpected.
你走到一头，进入中殿，突然你看到了壮观的祭坛，或者一幅绝美的画卷，类似这样的完全意想不到的东西。
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2. Those who insisted on worshiping at the altar of soporific right thinking—those who thought that conflict had become obsolete—were swept away in less than 20 years.
那些坚持在催眠般权利思想的祭坛边祈祷的人，那些认为冲突已经成为过去的人——在不到20年的时间里被一扫而光。
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3. Prayers were addressed to him before the war and spoils presented at his altar after it.
这些崇拜者战前都要向他祈祷, 战后将战利品供奉在他的祭坛前。
- altar (n.) Old English alter, altar "altar," from Latin altare (plural altaria) "high altar, altar for sacrifice to the great gods," perhaps originally meaning "burnt offerings" (compare Latin adolere "to worship, to offer sacrifice, to honor by burning sacrifices to"), but influenced by Latin altus "high." In Middle English, often auter, from Old French auter. Latin spelling restored 1500s. As a symbol of marriage, by 1820. Altar-piece is from 1640s; altar-boy from 1772.
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