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单词 sojourn
释义 so·journ
I. \ˈsōˌjərn, -jə̄n, -jəin,  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ sometimes səˈj-, chiefly Brit ˈsäˌj- or ˈsəˌj- or -_jən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English soiorn, soiourne, from Old French sojorn, from sojorner to sojourn
1. : a temporary stay (as of a traveler in a foreign country)
 < returned … after a long sojourn in Europe — Alan McCulloch >
 < a summer's sojourn in the English countryside — Lucien Price >
 < the Israelite tradition of a prolonged sojourn in Egypt — W.F.Albright >
2. archaic : a temporary dwelling place
 < long detained in that obscure sojourn — John Milton >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English soiornen, soiournen, from Old French sojorner, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub- under, during + Late Latin diurnum day — more at journey
: to stay as a temporary resident : stop
 < sojourned for a month at a mountain resort >
 < the right … to sojourn there as long as they pleased — R.B.Taney >
Synonyms: see reside
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