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单词 shrine
释义 shrine
I. \ˈshrīn, esp South ˈsrīn, dial ˈswīn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English shrin, shrine, from Old English scrīn, from Latin scrinium case, chest, box; perhaps akin to Russian krivoĭ crooked, Latin curvus curved — more at crown
1. : a case, box, or receptacle; especially : one in which sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) are deposited : reliquary
2. : a receptacle (as a casket or tomb) for the dead; especially : the tomb of one considered holy or of hallowed memory
3.
 a. : a place or object hallowed or honored from its history or associations
  < a small country township … famous to tourists as the shrine of a late-Victorian novelist — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
 b. : an object, structure, or place that is considered sacred by a religious group and that serves as the focus of the performance of some ritual : sanctuary
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English shrinen, from shrin, shrine, n.
1. archaic : to place in or provide with a shrine
 < a goddess shrined in every tree — Alexander Pope >
2. : to enclose as if in a shrine : enshrine
 < has the feeling of truth already shrined in his own breast — William Hazlitt >
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