| 单词 | rite |
| 释义 | riteWord family adjectiveritelessnounrite Religion rite /raɪt/ ●○○ noun [countableC] → write, right1 RRTRADITIONa ceremony that is always performed in the same way, usually for religious purposes 〔通常指宗教〕仪式，典礼 → ritual funeral rites 殡葬仪式 ancient fertility rites 古代的生殖崇拜仪式 These traditional rites are performed only by the women of the village. 这些传统仪式只由村里的女人来进行。 2. rite of passage SSYTRADITIONa special ceremony or action that is a sign of a new stage in someone’s life, especially when a boy starts to become a man 〔标志人生重要阶段的〕通过仪式；〔尤指男孩的〕成人仪式 → coming of age Examples from the Corpus rite of passage• For many fans, metal, with its pile-driving sound and locker-room lyrics, is more than a rite of passage.• A rite of passage, as it were.• Boyhood pledges and rites of passage, boy pages learning skills of survival from men of iron.• After the umpteenth rubber-stamp this infuriating rite of passage, as it were, terminates: exit.• Marriage, though not the social imperative it once was, still stands for a major rite of passage into adult life.• This idyllic feeling of romance seemed too much like a temporary state, a schoolboy rite of passage.• Finishing the race is the rite of passage of the distance runner.• One lucky trainee was spared the rite of passage. 3 last rites MXfinal prayers or religious ceremonies for someone who is dying 临终祈祷；临终圣礼 A priest came to give him the last rites. 一位神父来为他做临终祷告。 Examples from the Corpus give ... the last rites• He tended to the people while they were dying, gave them the Last Rites and everything, buried them. Examples from the Corpus rite• And we find the same thought expressed in the final instructions delivered to the departed in the Ainu rites of burial.• Boyhood pledges and rites of passage, boy pages learning skills of survival from men of iron.• They are shunned in any auspicious rites, especially marriage.• Buddhist rites• A cleansing rite was performed before building started.• The body cannot be buried until the funeral rites have been performed.• The Batak chieftains perform the traditional initiation rite.• A priest was called to perform last rites for the dying woman.• One of these couldn't read or rite.• Perhaps the technicians who control the mast are descendants of the shamans who presided over religious rites here.• This feature was particularly emphasized in the early history of the Roman rite.• These rites mark the cycle of life - birth, puberty, marriage, death. rites ... performed• No religious rites are performed at Théoden's burial. (1300-1400) Latin ritus |
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