| 单词 | sacred |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['seikrid] |
| 解释 | a.神圣的，庄严的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 神圣的，庄严的(conn ected with religion or religious rites) 【例】 They entered the sacred mosque.(他们进入神 圣的清真寺) |
| 字源 | sacred (adj.) late 14c., past participle adjective from obsolete verb sacren "to make holy" (c.1200), from Old French sacrer "consecrate, anoint, dedicate" (12c.) or directly from Latin sacrare "to make sacred, consecrate; hold sacred; immortalize; set apart, dedicate," from sacer (genitive sacri) "sacred, dedicated, holy, accursed," from Old Latin saceres, from PIE root *sak- "to sanctify." Buck groups it with Oscan sakrim, Umbrian sacra and calls it "a distinctive Italic group, without any clear outside connections." Related: Sacredness. Nasalized form is sancire "make sacred, confirm, ratify, ordain." Sacred cow "object of Hindu veneration," is from 1891; figurative sense of "one who must not be criticized" is first recorded 1910, reflecting Western views of Hinduism. Sacred Heart "the heart of Jesus as an object of religious veneration" is from 1765. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】sacrifice 原指向神灵供牲，祭祀活动是神圣的，所以sacrifice 牺牲；secret 秘密，神密的，很神密的是有关神的，神圣的 【相关】sacrifice (指献祭品，如牲口)牺牲 |
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