shrine

shrine

[ʃrain]

n. 圣地, 神龛, 庙
v. 将 ... 置于神龛内, 把 ... 奉为神圣

例句与用法：

A town of southwest France at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is noted for its Roman Catholic shrine marking the site where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to Saint Bernadette in 1858. Population,17,425.

卢尔德法国西南部比利牛斯山脚下的一个城镇，以罗马天主教的圣地而闻名。这个圣地传统是1858年圣母玛利亚出现在圣伯纳前的地方。人口17,425。

A religious building of the Far East, especially a many-storied Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine.

塔，宝塔一种远东的宗教建筑，尤指一种多层的佛塔，作为纪念塔或神龛而建立

Florence is the shrine of the Renaissance.

佛罗伦萨是文艺复兴的圣地。

词形变化：

动词过去式: shrined | 动词过去分词: shrined | 动词现在分词: shrining | 动词第三人称单数: shrines |

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n.[C]

1. 圣坛; 神龛; 圣祠; 神殿

Every day the old women went to pray at the shrine.

老太太们每天去圣殿祈祷。

2. 圣陵, 圣骨匣; 圣物箱

3. 圣地; 神圣场所

Shakespeare's birth place is visited as a shrine.

莎士比亚的诞生地被参观者视作圣地。

vt.

1. 把……放置在龛内

2. 祀奉; 把……奉为神圣