| 单词 | sun worshipper |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun worshipper sun worshipper n. (a) a person who worships the sun; (b) figurative a person who enjoys basking in the sun; a sunbather.Sense (b) is now the usual sense. ΚΠ 1623 S. Wastell tr. J. Shaw True Christians Daily Delight 112 Tammuz bewail'd; Sun-worshippers [L. soli incurvantes], and strange abomination. 1830 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 3 i. 34 The characters of the Osci or Opici..have a great analogy to the rock-inscriptions of the Scythic Sauras, or sun-worshippers of Saurashtra. 1904 E. A. T. W. Budge Guide 3rd & 4th Egypt. Rooms Brit. Museum 122 When the first sun-worshippers entered Egypt. 1929 Abilene (Texas) Morning News 27 Jan. (headline) Tan-seeking craze of modern sun-worshipers, now heading south for winter. 1995 Church Hist. 64 638 Constantine no longer wanted himself viewed as a sun-worshipper or reincarnation of the sun god. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 21 Aug. 7/2 A new generation of sun worshippers is addicted to tanning despite the deadly risk of skin cancer. < as lemmas |
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