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单词 the Auld Kirk
释义

auld /öld/ (Scot)

adjective

Old

ORIGIN: OE ald

auld-farrˈant adjective

  1. (ie old-favouring) old-fashioned (archaic)
  2. Precocious

auldˈ-warld adjective (archaic)

Old-world, ancient

auld lang syne

Long ago (literally, old long since)

Auld Reekie

Edinburgh (literally, old smoky)

the Auld Kirk (archaic)

  1. The Church of Scotland
  2. Whisky

kirk /kirk or kûrk/ (chiefly Scot)

noun
  1. Church, in any sense
  2. Sometimes specially applied to the Church of Scotland
transitive verb

To church

ORIGIN: Scot and N Eng form of church, from ON kirkja; OE cirice

kirkˈing or kirkˈin’ noun

The first attendance at church of a couple after marriage, of a woman after giving birth, or of a magistrate after election

kirkˈward adjective and adverb

kirk session noun

The lowest court in the Scottish Presbyterian church, minister or ministers and elders as the governing body of a particular congregation

kirkˈton or kirk town noun (Scot)

The village in which the parish church stands

kirkyard or kirkyaird /-yārdˈ or kirkˈ/ noun

A churchyard

make a kirk or (or and) a mill of

To do what one pleases or can with

the Auld Kirk see under auld

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