chaplain
英 ['tʃæplɪn]
美 ['tʃæplɪn]
- n. 牧師；專職教士
- n. (Chaplain)人名；(法)沙普蘭
助記提示
1. cap, cape => chapel.
2. chapel => chaplain.
中文詞源
chaplain 教士，牧師來自chapel, 小教堂。-lain, 小詞後綴，見chamberlain.
英文詞源
- chaplain
- chaplain: see chapel
- chaplain (n.)
- mid-14c., "minister of a chapel," from Old French chapelein "clergyman" (Modern French chapelain), from Medieval Latin cappellanus "clergyman," originally "custodian of St. Martin's cloak" (see chapel). Replaced Old English capellane (from the same Medieval Latin source) "clergyman who conducts private religious services," originally in great households, later in military regiments, prisons, etc.
雙語例句
- 1. He joined the 40th Division as an army chaplain.
- 他以隨軍牧師的身份加入第40師。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. "Let us pray," said the Methodist chaplain.
- “我們來祈禱吧，”那個循道宗牧師說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He had a distinguished record as a chaplain.
- 作為一個牧師他成就卓著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He acted both as the ship's surgeon and as chaplain for the men.
- 他在船上為水手們兼作外科醫生和牧師。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She would swear the same, in a manner of speaking, before chaplain.'
- 可以說, 它就是在牧師麵前也會照罵不誤的. ”
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島