shrine

noun

/ʃraɪn/

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a place where people come to worship because it is connected with a holy person or event
- to visit the shrine of Mecca
- shrine to somebody/something a shrine to the Virgin Mary
Extra Examples
- The people worshipped at wayside shrines.
- This shrine is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu.
- a shrine dedicated to the sea goddess
- the shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham
Topics Religion and festivalsc1, Buildingsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hallowed
- holy
- religious
- …
verb + shrine
- build
- create
- erect
- …
shrine + noun
- city
- room
preposition
- at a/the shrine
- shrine of
- shrine to
- …
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a place that people visit because it is connected with somebody/something that is important to them
- The singer’s grave in Paris has become a shrine.
- shrine for somebody Wimbledon is a shrine for all lovers of tennis.
- shrine to somebody/something They have turned the room into a shrine to their dead son.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hallowed
- holy
- religious
- …
verb + shrine
- build
- create
- erect
- …
shrine + noun
- city
- room
preposition
- at a/the shrine
- shrine of
- shrine to
- …
See full entry

Word OriginOld English scrīn ‘cabinet, chest, reliquary’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijn and German Schrein, from Latin scrinium ‘chest for books’.

单词	shrine
释义	shrine noun /ʃraɪn/ /ʃraɪn/ jump to other results a place where people come to worship because it is connected with a holy person or event to visit the shrine of Mecca shrine to somebody/something a shrine to the Virgin Mary Extra Examples The people worshipped at wayside shrines. This shrine is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu. a shrine dedicated to the sea goddess the shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham Topics Religion and festivalsc1, Buildingsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective hallowed holy religious … verb + shrine build create erect … shrine + noun city room preposition at a/the shrine shrine of shrine to … See full entry a place that people visit because it is connected with somebody/something that is important to them The singer’s grave in Paris has become a shrine. shrine for somebody Wimbledon is a shrine for all lovers of tennis. shrine to somebody/something They have turned the room into a shrine to their dead son. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective hallowed holy religious … verb + shrine build create erect … shrine + noun city room preposition at a/the shrine shrine of shrine to … See full entry Word OriginOld English scrīn ‘cabinet, chest, reliquary’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijn and German Schrein, from Latin scrinium ‘chest for books’.
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