temple
temple 英 [ˈtempl] 美 [ˈtɛmpəl]
n. 庙宇；寺院；
名词复数:temples
- A temple is a religious building that's meant for worshipping or praying. Hindu temples are typically devoted to one specific god.
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- n. 庙宇；寺院；
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1. the sound of the temple bells.
庙宇的钟声。
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2. magnificent buildings of the temple.
寺院里的那些雄伟建筑
- temple (n.1) "building for worship, edifice dedicated to the service of a deity or deities," Old English tempel, from Latin templum "piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, building for worship of a god," of uncertain signification.
- temple (n.2) "flattened area on either side of the forehead," mid-14c., from Old French temple "side of the forehead" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *tempula (plural taken as fem. singular), from Latin tempora, plural of tempus (genitive temporis) "side of the forehead," generally accepted as having originally meant "the thin stretch of skin at the side of the forehead" and being from PIE *temp- "to stretch," an extension of root *ten- "to stretch." The sense development would be from "stretchings" to "stretched skin."
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