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单词 circumambulate
释义

circumambulate

/ˌsəːkəmˈambjʊleɪt /
verb [with object] formal
Walk all the way round: they used to circumambulate the perimeter wall...
  • We walked barefoot and circumambulated the outer walls of the temple.
  • The temple is crowded with a number of people, most of them with prayer wheels in their hands, circumambulating the sanctum.
  • They will circumambulate the stadium once and then take the torches to the cauldron.

Derivatives

circumambulation

/ˌsəːkəmambjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ...
  • On entering the temple, the guru performs three circumambulations along with the goddess seated in a golden chariot.
  • Each year in winter there is a four-day ritual circumambulation of the mountain by thousands of pilgrims who visit sites of myth and legend.
  • It is said that if you make 21 circumambulations of this temple your problems will be solved and your desires fulfilled.

circumambulatory

adjective ...
  • The outer circumambulatory path leads one to the Ambal shrine.
  • Taller rectangular slabs were used to fence off circumambulatory paths surrounding the stupa.
  • In the temple are circumambulatory vaulted corridors.

Rhymes

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