confessional
confessional 英 [kənˈfeʃənl] 美 [kənˈfɛʃənəl]
n. 忏悔室;告解室 adj. 忏悔的;自白的
名词复数:confessionals
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- n. 忏悔室;告解室
- adj. 忏悔的;自白的
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1. I have a confessional on my website.
我的个人网站上有一个“忏悔室”。
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2. Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional.
由于我上夜班,我的出租车就成为一辆流动的忏悔室。
- confessional (adj.) "pertaining to confession," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin confessionalis, from past-participle stem of confiteri "to acknowledge" (see confess).
- confessional (n.) "small stall in a Catholic church in which a priest sits to hear confession," 1727, from French confessional, from Medieval Latin confessionale, noun use of neuter of confessionalis (adj.), from past-participle stem of confiteri "to acknowledge" (see confess).
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