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单词 votive
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votive

adjective
/ˈvəʊtɪv/
/ˈvəʊtɪv/
[usually before noun] (specialist)
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  1. presented to a god as a sign of thanks
    • votive offerings
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryVotive is used with these nouns:
    • candle
    • offering
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin votivus, from votum (‘a vow, wish’, from vovere ‘to vow’). The original sense was ‘expressing a desire’.
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