mecca
mecca 英 ['mekə] 美 [ˈmɛkə]
n. 麦加（沙特阿拉伯一座城市）；众人渴望去的地方
名词复数:meccas
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- n. 麦加（沙特阿拉伯一座城市）；众人渴望去的地方
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1. Muslims bow to mecca when they pray.
穆斯林祈祷时向麦加圣地俯身跪拜。
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2. Many people go on a pilgrimage to mecca or Jerusalem.
许多人前往麦加或耶路撒冷朝圣。
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3. Lying back on my bed I noticed an arrow on the ceiling -- pointing to mecca.
躺在床上的时候，我注意到天花板上有一个箭头——那是指向麦加。
- Mecca Arabic Makkah, sacred city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad, which every Muslim must visit at least once. Origins have been proposed in Phoenician maqaq "ruined" or Arabic mahrab "sanctuary." Figurative sense of "any place one holds supremely sacred" (usually with lower-case m-) is in English from 1850. Related: Meccan.
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