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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

epistle [ɪ'pɪsl] [ɪ'pɪsl]
  1. 1. noun 书信(尤指冗长正式具有教训意味信件)[现一般滑稽用法]
  2. 2. noun [Epistle]使徒书信(《新约圣经》中称为书信”的各卷书的泛称
  3. 3. noun [Epistle]使徒书信选集(在各教堂朗读作为弥撒、行圣餐礼等的一部分)

Collins English-English Dictionary

epistle [ɪ'pɪsəl]
  1. 1. n a letter, esp one that is long, formal, or didactic
  2. 2. n a literary work in letter form, esp a dedicatory verse letter of a type originated by Horace
  3. 3. n [Etymology] Old English epistol, via Latin from Greek epistole, from epistellein to send to, from stellein to prepare, send

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