sanctum
英 ['s??(k)t?m]
美['s??kt?m]
- n. 圣所；密室；私室
TEM8暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?sanctums;
助記提示
1. sanct- + -um (拉丁語后綴).
中文詞源
sanctum 圣所，私室，密室
sanct-,神圣的，-um,表地方。即圣所，引申詞義私室，密室。
英文詞源
- sanctum (n.)
- 1570s, "holy place of the Jewish tabernacle," from Latin sanctum "a holy place," as in Late Latin sanctum sanctorum "holy of holies" (translating Greek to hagion ton hagiou, translating Hebrew qodesh haqqodashim), from neuter of sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)). In English, sanctum sanctorum attested from c. 1400; in sense of "a person's private retreat" from 1706.
雙語例句
- 1. His bedroom's his inner sanctum.
- 臥室是他的一方凈土。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She once allowed me into her inner sanctum .
- 有一次她讓我進入她的內(nèi)室。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark.
- 我在他的圣地出現(xiàn),顯然被他看作是羞于提及的莽撞事情.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Looking sour , Mr. Lin walked into the " inner sanctum. "
- 林先生哭喪著臉,走回 “ 內(nèi)宅 ” 去.
來自漢英文學(xué) - 林家鋪子
- 5. In the inner sanctum she is represented by a mirror ( her body ).
- 圣殿內(nèi)放著一面鏡子,那便是她的化身.
來自神話部分