| 单词 | praying wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspraying wheel praying wheel n. (a) = prayer wheel n. 1; †(b) = prayer wheel n. 2 (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > prayer-wheel > [noun] prayer wheel1788 praying machinea1807 prayer mill1832 praying cylinder1834 praying wheel1854 prayer cylinder1862 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > prayer-wheel praying wheel1854 prayer wheel1897 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. vi. 147 Every book of travels..[mentions] praying-wheels. 1889 Cent. Mag. Jan. 371/1 The praying-wheel exists in old chapels in Brittany as a religious toy, formerly used with rites half magical under the sanction of the local clergy. 1912 Times 8 Aug. 5/6 Passers-by enter and spend a spare minute or so walking round the shed, revolving the drum-like praying wheels, like a horse working a threshing machine. 1997 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 23 Aug. a41 ‘Painting is like this Buddhist praying wheel,’ claims the poetry-lover. < as lemmas |
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