chancel

畅通词汇

英 ['tʃɑːns(ə)l] 美['tʃænsl]

释义

n. 高坛

n. (Chancel)人名；(英)钱斯尔；(法)尚塞尔

词态变化

复数: chancels;

中文词源

chancel 祭坛

来自拉丁词cancellus, 斜栅，词源同cancel, chancery. 原指教堂用斜栅围起来的圣地。

英文词源

chancel (n.): c. 1300, "part of the church around the altar," from Old French chancel, from Late Latin cancellus "lattice," from Latin cancelli (plural) "grating, bars" (see cancel); sense extended in Late Latin from the lattice-work that separated the choir from the nave in a church to the space itself.

双语例句

2. The part of the chancel a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.: 教堂里唱诗班所占的席位;是圣台中位于圣坛和中央中间的那一部分.

英英释意

1. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

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