单词 | crusade |
释义 | Word Frequency crusade(kruːˈseɪd) noun 1. (often capital) any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims 2. (formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause 3. a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause verb (intransitive) 4. to campaign vigorously for something 5. to go on a crusade Derived forms crusader (cruˈsader) noun Word origin C16: from earlier croisade, from Old French crois cross, from Latin crux; influenced also by Spanish cruzada, from cruzar to take up the cross |
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