释义 |
pil·grim I. \ˈpilgrə̇m\ noun (-s ; except sense 6a) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French peligrin, from Late Latin pelegrinus, alteration of Latin peregrinus foreigner, from peregre abroad, from pereger being abroad, from per through + agr-, ager land, field — more at fare, acre 1. a. : one who journeys especially in alien lands : traveler, wayfarer b. : a person who passes through life as if in exile from a heavenly homeland or in search of it or of some high goal (as truth) 2. : one who travels to visit a shrine or holy place as a devotee < realizes the ideal of every devout pilgrim and journeys to the Holy Land — R.M.French > 3. a. usually capitalized : one of the Pilgrim Fathers b. : a first settler < trace their line back to the original … pilgrims — American Guide Series: Maryland > 4. : a recent immigrant or settler : one that is new or strange in a locality 5. : fashion gray 6. a. usually capitalized : an American breed of rather small domestic geese distinguished by having the male white and the female gray b. sometimes capitalized : a bird of this breed II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to be or act as a pilgrim : pilgrimage < they had pilgrimed for that peace — R.O.Bowen > |