| 英语单词 | hallowed |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['hæləʊd] 美 ['hæloʊd] |
| 中文释义 | adj.神圣的;受崇拜的 动词hallow的过去式和过去分词形式. |
| 英语例句 | (1) Until men united wield a hallowed sabre. (2) It's one of the theatre's most hallowed traditions. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 人们联合起来挥动那把神圣的军刀。 (2) 这是戏院最受尊崇的传统之一。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The adjective hallowed is used to describe something that is sacred and revered, usually something old and steeped in tradition. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word hallowed often has a religious connotation, but it can also be used playfully to convey a sense of reverence about something that isn’t religious in nature but that nonetheless inspires worship. A football fan, for example, may talk about the hallowed tradition of tailgating on a game day Saturday, or an avid shopper may describe the hallowed grounds of the Macy’s shoe department. In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln used the word with its more traditional sense to ponder man's inability to show the proper reverence to those men who died in battle: "But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate…we cannot consecrate…we cannot hallow…this ground." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](通常因古老、重要或有名望而)受崇敬的,受尊崇的 Hallowed is used to describe something that is respected and admired, usually because it is old, important, or has a good reputation. [ADJ n]
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]神圣的 Hallowed is used to describe something that is considered to be holy. [ADJ n]
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