noun🔗Share献身于宗教生活的人，修道士。 A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community."Sister Agnes helps care for the sick at the hospital; although she isn't a fully professed nun, she lives and works with the Benedictine sisters as an oblate. "艾格尼丝修女在医院帮忙照顾病人；虽然她不是正式宣誓的修女，但她作为一位献身于宗教生活的教友，与本笃会的修女们一起生活和工作。religionpersongroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share献子，奉献子 A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house."Growing up in the monastery, Thomas knew he was an oblate, dedicated to the religious order by his family when he was a baby. "托马斯在修道院长大，他知道自己是个献子，还在襁褓中时就被家人献给了教会。religionfamilypersontheologyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share扁圆，扁球形。 Flattened or depressed at the poles."1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses"1922年，我为什么不应该和他或者任何一个在这扁圆的地球上直立行走的人说话呢？appearancephysicsastronomymathfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share奉献，供奉。 To offer as either a gift or an oblation."The farmer decided to oblate his best harvest to the local church as a sign of gratitude. "农民决定将他最好的收成奉献给当地教堂，以表达感激之情。religionritualtheologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
