temple
英 ['temp(ə)l]
美['tɛmpl]
- n. 庙宇；寺院；神殿；太阳穴
- n. (Temple)人名；(法)唐普勒；(英)坦普尔
词态变化
复数: temples;
助记提示
1、templ- "building for worship" + -e.
中文词源
temple 庙宇，寺院，神殿
来自古英语 tempel,庙宇，来自拉丁语 templum,圣地，神圣之地，可能来自 PIE*tem,砍，切， 分开，词源同 tome,anatomy.比喻用法，即与世俗隔开的地方。
英英释意
- 1. place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
- 2. the flat area on either side of the forehead;
- "the veins in his temple throbbed"
- 3. an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
- 4. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
英文词源
- temple
- temple: Temple for worship [OE] and temple at the side of the head [14] are distinct words. The former was borrowed from Latin templum, which originated as a term relating to divination, used by priests in ancient times. It denoted a space marked out or ‘cut’ out as suitable for making observations on which auguries were based – some say a space marked out on the ground, others a section of the night sky.
It probably came ultimately from the base *tem- ‘cut’, which also produced Greek témein ‘cut’ and the English suffix -tomy ‘surgical cutting’. It has found its way into most western European languages, including German, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish tempel and Welsh teml as well as the Romance languages. Temple ‘area at the side of the head’ comes via Old French temple from Vulgar Latin *tempula, an alteration of tempora, the plural of Latin tempus.
This of course originally meant ‘time’ (English gets temporary from it), and it seems that the sense ‘area at the side of the head’ arose via an intermediate ‘appropriate time, proper period’, hence ‘right place (for dealing someone a fatal blow)’.
=> tome; temporary - temple (n.1)
- "building for worship, edifice dedicated to the service of a deity or deities," Old English tempel, from Latin templum "piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, building for worship of a god," of uncertain signification. Commonly referred to PIE root *tem- "to cut" (see tome), on notion of "place reserved or cut out" [Watkins], or to root *temp- "to stretch" [Klein's sources], on notion of "cleared space in front of an altar" (see tenet). Compare Greek temenos "sacred area around a temple," literally "place cut off," from stem of temnein "to cut." Figurative sense of "any place regarded as occupied by divine presence" was in Old English. Applied to Jewish synagogues from 1590s.
- temple (n.2)
- "side of the forehead," mid-14c., from Old French temple "side of the forehead" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *tempula (plural taken as fem. singular), from Latin tempora, plural of tempus (genitive temporis) "side of the forehead," perhaps originally "the thin stretch of skin at the side of the forehead," from PIE *temp- "to stretch," an extension of the root *ten- "to stretch" (see tenet), from the notion of "stretched," thus "thin," which is the notion in cognate Old English ðunwange, literally "thin cheek." Or possibly associated with tempus span "timely space" (for a mortal blow with a sword).
考试真题
- There's no question Oprah's achievements place her in the temple of American success stories.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- In a 2005 study, psychologist Laurence Steinberg of Temple University and his co-author, psychologist Margo Gardner, then at Temple, divided 6 people into three age groups: young adolescents, with a mean age of 14; older adolescents, with a mean age of 19
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
实用场景例句
- the Temple of Diana at Ephesus
- 以弗所的狄安娜神庙
牛津词典
- a Buddhist/Hindu/Sikh temple
- 佛教 / 印度教 / 锡克教庙宇
牛津词典
- (North Amercian English)to go to temple (= to a service in a synagogue , where Jews worship)
- 去会堂礼拜
牛津词典
- He had black hair, greying at the temples.
- 他的头发是黑色的，但两鬓已见斑白。
牛津词典
- ...a small Hindu temple.
- 一座小的印度教庙宇
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the Temple of Diana at Ephesus.
- 以弗所的狄安娜神庙
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Threads of silver ran through his beard and the hair at his temples.
- 他的胡须和鬓发里夹杂着缕缕银丝。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Two senior Areva officials were ejected from the country in spite of French denials.
- 尽管法国方面对上述指控予以否认,尼日尔还是将阿海珐公司两名资深高管驱逐出境.
期刊摘选
- It is a temple of rare architectural beauty.
- 论建筑之美,那是一座极少有的寺院.
《简明英汉词典》
- The architectural structure of the Temple of Heaven is unique.
- 天坛的建筑结构很别致.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- After the fire, nothing remained of the magnificent buildings of the temple.
- 大火过后, 寺院里的那些雄伟建筑已荡然无存.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They consecrated a temple to their god.
- 他们把庙奉献给神.
《简明英汉词典》
- That ancient temple looked well cared for.
- 那座古庙看来保存得很好.
《简明英汉词典》
- I could hear the echoes in this temple.
- 我在这座庙里能听到回声.
《简明英汉词典》
- The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.
- 庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了.
《简明英汉词典》
- On the extreme northwestern outskirts of the city stands the Buddhist temple.
- 那所佛教寺院位于市郊的最西北角.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They were quartered on the temple.
- 他们被安置在庙里.
《简明英汉词典》
- They dedicated the temple.
- 他们献出庙宇.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The Jews cast him out of the temple.
- 犹太人把他赶出了寺庙.
《简明英汉词典》
- No one came into Dragon King Temple without breaking into a cold sweat.
- 谁进得龙王庙不捏一把冷汗?
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Here is the remains of a temple.
- 这里是一所寺院的废墟.
《简明英汉词典》
- Hieroglyphics are carved into the walls of the temple.
- 寺庙的墙壁上刻着象形文字.
《简明英汉词典》
- You're meant to take your shoes off when you enter a Hindu temple.
- 你进入印度寺庙时应该脱掉鞋子.
《简明英汉词典》
- He lived over against the temple.
- 他住在那寺庙的正对面.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The temple is supported by marble columns.
- 这座庙宇由大理石柱支撑。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- the Temple of Diana at Ephesus
- 以弗所的狄安娜神庙
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- He had a reddening welt on his temple and his nose was bleeding.
- 他太阳穴处有块红肿，鼻子也在流血。
柯林斯例句
- They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery.
- 他们建立起一座为淫秽活动作掩护的假寺庙。
柯林斯例句
- No one carrying arms is allowed within the precincts of a temple.
- 携带武器者不得进入神殿的界域。
柯林斯例句
- St Paul speaks of the body as the "temple of the Holy Spirit".
- 圣保罗把身体描述为“圣神的宫殿”。
柯林斯例句