单词	ex-voto
释义	ex-voto /ɛks ˈvəʊtəʊ / noun (plural ex-votos) An offering given in order to fulfil a vow: on the walls hung dozens of ex-votos [as modifier]: a collection of ex-voto offerings... The result is one of the smallest, most intensely powerful exhibitions I have seen for a long time, in which each piece, while itself a perfect ex-voto, also contributes to the intercessory impact of the whole. His ex-voto will be a part of himself: his child. The monument was probably constructed as an ex-voto to thank God for having stopped the plague that had broken out in 1598. Origin Late 18th century: from Latin ex voto 'from a vow'.
随便看	reportorially report stage reposado reposal repose reposeful reposefully reposer reposit repositary repositing reposition repositionable repositor repository repossess repossession repossessor repost repostage reposure repot repour repoussoir repoussé

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