votives

/ˈvoʊtɪvz/

Meanings

noun

圣歌，赞美诗。

A hymn or chant dedicated to a particular saint, or to the Virgin Mary

Examples :

"The choir practiced their votives for Mary's feast day. "

唱诗班为了庆祝圣母玛利亚的节日，排练了献给圣母玛利亚的赞美诗。

Related Words

choir noun

/kwaɪə(ɹ)/ /kwaɪɚ/

合唱团，唱诗班

"The church choir practices Thursday nights."

教堂的合唱团每周四晚上排练。

hymn noun

/hɪm/

赞美诗，圣歌。

"The choir sang a beautiful hymn during the church service. "

合唱团在教堂礼拜时唱了一首优美的赞美诗。

saint noun

/sən(t)/ /seɪnt/

圣徒，圣人。

"Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint."

凯特里·特卡奎塔被封为圣徒。

feast noun

/fiːst/

盛宴，宴席。

"We had a feast to celebrate the harvest."

我们举办了一场盛宴来庆祝丰收。

their pronoun

/ðeər/

他们的

"They brought their books with them."

他们带了他们的书。

particular noun

/pəˈtɪkjələ/ /pəˈtɪkjəlɚ/

细节，要点

"The teacher pointed out a particular detail in the math problem that several students missed. "

老师指出了这道数学题里一个特别的细节，很多学生都忽略了。

mary noun

/ˈmeiɹi/

基佬，玻璃。

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

越...越..., 愈...愈...

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

越想越觉得它很无力。

chant noun

/tʃænt/

吟诵，咏唱。

"The monks' morning prayer was a simple, powerful chant. "

僧侣们早上的祈祷是一种简单而有力的吟诵。

dedicated verb

/ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/

奉献，献给。

"The family dedicated the new playroom to their recently deceased grandfather. "

这家人把新游戏室奉献给他们刚去世的祖父，以纪念他。

virgin noun

/ˈvɜːdʒɪn/ /ˈvɝdʒɪn/

处女，童男童女，未经人事的人

"The new student was known as a virgin in the class, as she had never dated anyone. "

那个新来的学生在班里是出了名的处女，因为她从来没有和任何人约会过。

practiced adjective

/ˈpræktɪst/ /ˈpræktɪsd/

熟练，有经验的。

"Because she had been a dancer for years, she was a practiced performer. "

因为跳舞多年，她是一位经验丰富的表演者。(Yīnwèi tiàowǔ duōnián, tā shì yī wèi jīngyàn fēngfù de biǎoyǎnzhě.)