| 单词 | altar |
| 释义 | altar /awl"teuhr/, n. 1. an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc. 2. Eccles. See communion table. 3. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Ara. 4. (in a dry dock) a ledge for supporting the feet of shorings. 5. lead to the altar, to marry: After a five-year courtship, he led her to the altar. [bef. 1000; ME alter, altar (influenced by L), auter ( < OF aut(i)er), OE alter (OE also altar; cf. MD outaer, OS, ON altari, OHG altari) < L altaria (pl.), of disputed origin and formation, but prob. akin to L adolere to ritually burn, Umbrian uretu let it burn] |
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