temple
temple1
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temple2
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temple3
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- a building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence
庙宇，寺院；圣堂，神殿
■(the Temple)either of two successive religious buildings of the Jews in Jerusalem. The first (957–586 bc) was built by Solomon and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar; it contained the Ark of the Covenant. The second (515 bc–ad 70) was enlarged by Herod the Great from 20 bc and destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
耶路撒冷古神殿，犹太古圣殿（耶路撒冷相继建造的两座犹太宗教建筑，第一座［前957—前586]由所罗门所建，被尼布甲尼撒二世所毁，里面藏有约柜；第二座［前515—后70]从公元前20年起由希律大帝扩建，后在一次犹太人起义中被罗马人所毁，遗址仅存哭墙）
■(the Temple)a group of buildings in Fleet Street, which stand on land formerly occupied by the headquarters of the Knights Templars. Located there are the Inner and Outer Temple, two of the Inns of Court
律师协会会所（英国伦敦舰队街的一组建筑群，此地原是圣殿骑士的总部，现为律师学院部分院址，有内殿律师学院和外殿律师学院）
■(N. Amer.)a synagogue
(北美)犹太会堂，犹太教堂
■a place of Christian public worship, especially a Protestant church in France
教堂，礼拜堂（尤指法国新教教堂）
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- Old English templ, tempel, reinforced in Middle English by Old French temple, both from Latin templum 'open or consecrated space'
temple2
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- the flat part of either side of the head between the forehead and the ear
颞颥，颞部，太阳穴，鬓角
- Middle English: from Old French, from an alteration of Latin tempora, plural of tempus 'temple of the head'
temple3
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- a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched
边撑，伸幅器
- late Middle English: from Old French, perhaps ultimately the same word as temple
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