请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

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

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/14 3:11:39