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单词 shrine
释义
shrine
(ʃrn )
Word forms: shrines
1. countable noun
A shrine is a place of worship which is associated with a particular holy person or object.
...the holy shrine of Mecca. [+ of]
Synonyms: holy place, temple, sanctuary, altar  
2. countable noun
A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember.
The monument has been turned into a shrine to the dead and the missing. [+ to]
Synonyms: memorial, tribute, cairn, monument  
Collocations:
visit a shrine
More than a million pilgrims come each year to visit his shrine, which stands beneath a fluted turquoise dome.
Times, Sunday Times
Thousands of people from all faiths visit the shrine.
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People visit the shrine year long, and during the annual festival it looks like a carnival.
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All to improve the shrines accommodations to the millions of pilgrims who visit the shrine every year.
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His decision to visit the shrine regardless sparked international outrage.
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Translations:
Chinese: 神殿
Japanese: 霊廟
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