| 单词 | temple |
| 释义 | temple (once / 84 pages) 1n 2n A temple is a religious building that's meant for worshipping or praying. Hindu temples are typically devoted to one specific god. While temples tend to be associated with non-Christian religions like Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism, some sects of Orthodox Christianity worship in temples as well. The Mormon church also calls its sacred structures temples. The word comes from the Latin templum, "consecrated piece of ground" or "building for worship of a god," from a Proto-Indo-European root, tem-, "to cut," from the idea of a space cleared or "cut down" for an altar. WORD FAMILYtemple: temples USAGE EXAMPLESOnly there does he discover that his face is caked with blood and that there is a long, gaping laceration on his right temple. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Temple bells echoed at midnight as families gather around noodles and revelers flock to shrines for the biggest holiday in Japan. Time(Jan 01, 2017) The money temples are almost certainly right in their assessment of Donald Trump. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity Exp|Hypo|Hyper Artemision at Ephesus the large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later; the temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262 Parthenonthe main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture Mormon Tabernaclethe Mormon temple Temple of Artemisa large temple at Ephesus that was said to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world joss house a Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship pagodaan Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof pantheon(antiquity) a temple to all the gods house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship any building where congregations gather for prayer 2n (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation Syn|Exp|Hyper synagogue, tabernacle Temple of Jerusalem any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship any building where congregations gather for prayer 3n an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes 2Exp|Hypo|Hyper Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians building, edifice a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place n the flat area on either side of the forehead the veins in his temple throbbed Hyper feature, lineament the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin |
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