matins
['m?tnz]
- n. 晨禱
- 現(xiàn)通常在黎明朗誦贊美歌
中文詞源
matins 晨禱
來自拉丁語(yǔ)matutinus,早晨的，來自mane,早晨，來自PIE*ma,好的，良辰的，詞源同mature,manana.后引申詞義早晨的禱告，晨禱。
英文詞源
- matins
- matins: see mature
- matins (n.)
- canonical hour, mid-13c., from Old French matines (12c.), from Late Latin matutinas (nominative matutin?) "morning prayers," originally matutinas vigilias "morning watches," from Latin matutinus "of or in the morning," associated with Matuta, Roman dawn goddess (see manana). The Old English word was uht-sang, from uhte "daybreak."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. "It's almost eight o'clock." As if on cue the bell in the chapel began to toll for Matins.
- “快8點(diǎn)了。”恰好在這時(shí)小教堂晨禱的鐘聲敲響了。
來自柯林斯例句