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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sacred ['seɪkrɪd]
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1.
adj
exclusively devoted to a deity or to some religious ceremony or use; holy; consecrated
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2.
adj
worthy of or regarded with reverence, awe, or respect
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3.
adj
protected by superstition or piety from irreligious actions
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4.
adj
connected with or intended for religious use
- sacred music
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5.
adj
dedicated to; in honour of
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6.
adj
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin sacr
a re to set apart as holy, from sacer holy
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1.
adj
exclusively devoted to a deity or to some religious ceremony or use; holy; consecrated
Examples
- a sacred song
- 宗教歌曲 → sacred
- a monument sacred to the memory of martyrs
- 烈士纪念碑 → sacred
- sacred songs or music
- 圣歌或圣乐 → sacred
- sacred music → sacred
- 神圣国土
- our sacred land → 国土
- 国家神圣领土不容他人染指。
- Our territory is sacred and inviolable. → 染指
- 神圣职责
- sacred duty → 神圣
- 朝圣
- (of religious people) make a pilgrimage to a sacred place → 朝
- 事实上, 佛光并不神秘, 而是一种自然现象。
- In fact, the brocken bow is not sacred, it is only a natural phenomenon. → 佛光
- 神圣
- sacred → 圣
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