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单词 pagoda
释义
pagodapa‧go‧da /pəˈɡəʊdə $ -ˈɡoʊ-/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpagoda
Origin:
1500-1600 Portuguese pagode, probably from Sanskrit bhagavat ‘blessed’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Buddhist pagodas have sprung back to life.
  • He had seen the etchings of it one evening after performing a ritual of weed-pulling from the tombs behind the abandoned pagoda.
  • He just went to the pagoda until he met some one who spoke his dialect.
  • I knew the land climbed slightly upward in the direction of a pagoda somewhere in front of us.
  • In the early-morning sun the incomparably beautiful Shwe Dagon pagoda with its gold-plated spire could be seen from some miles away.
  • Now the Khmer Rouge take their land and smash their pagodas.
  • The group also is in the middle of a $ 45, 000 project to renovate a pagoda in the ancient quarter.
  • There is no dividing line between the pagoda and life outside.
word sets
WORD SETS
Dalai Lama, the, enlightenment, nounkarma, nounlama, nounnirvana, nounpagoda, nounZen, noun
a Buddhist temple (=religious building) that has several levels with a decorated roof at each level
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