单词 | scripture |
释义 | scrip·ture 1. a. (1) usually capitalized < a collection … from the various parts of the Scripture — J.C.Swaim > — often used in plural < the demand for the Scriptures in a familiar tongue has found expression in a great activity of Bible translation — L.A.Weigle > (2) usually capitalized < in their case was the Scripture fulfilled that the first shall be last and the last first — E.C.Colwell > b. < Buddhist scripture > c. < his critical essays provide the scripture of the movement > or as classically embodying the essence of a way of life, movement, era, or nation — often used in plural < the American scriptures, the great books of the eighteen-fifties — Van Wyck Brooks > 2. < the primitive man's awe for any scripture — George Santayana > |
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