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单词 holy
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Definition of holy in English:

holy

adjectiveholier, holiest ˈhəʊliˈhoʊli
  • 1Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.

    献身于上帝(或宗教)的,尊崇上帝(或宗教)的;神圣的

    the Holy Bible

    《圣经》。

    the holy month of Ramadan

    斋月这一圣月。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An elderly man, presumably seeking to protect the sanctity of this holy site, was shouting after them.
    • The day is among the most holy in the religion, a celebration of the birth of Christ, His salvation.
    • There are two main Muslim holidays: Eid Al-Fitr is a three-day festival at the end of the holy month of fasting, Ramadan.
    • When we act in a holy way, sanctifying His Name and creation itself, then, the Presence of God becomes more accessible to man, and nature stands aside for God.
    • For the holy month culminates in a prescribed annual almsgiving, amounting to a tax on one's wealth and property, to be distributed in the coming year to those in need.
    • At the same time, we are committed to free access and free practice, to the members of the other two religions, to the holy shrines in Jerusalem.
    • In India, tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims jostled to take holy baths in the sacred River Ganges after performing special prayers for ancestors during the eclipse.
    • Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits.
    • When a temporary lifting of the curfew was announced in Jenin on the fourth day of the holy month of Ramadan in November 2002, the happiest of all were the children.
    • His act of praying transforms the cityscape into a sacred space and holy ground.
    • However, he goes on to suggest that merely because these views are expressed in a religion's holy book, it is not fair to assume that all religious leaders accept them.
    • In the ancient times each of the items corresponded to one of the seven creations and the seven holy immortals protecting them.
    • He put the turban upon his head and set the gold rosette as symbol of holy dedication on the front of the turban as the Lord had commanded him.
    • Three of the employees, who are Muslims refused to shave because it was holy month of Ramadan.
    • Each house and shop set up altars in their doorways or windows with religious statues or holy pictures mixed with fresh flowers.
    • It just so happened that my trip coincided with the holy month of Ramadan.
    • Friday is the completion of the holy month of Ramadaan.
    • They brimmed with religious symbols, holy images and bible stories.
    • The notion that Jerusalem is holy to all three monotheistic religions of the Middle East is a statement of fact.
    • Place the letter in a sealed envelope, and put it in the Bible or in the holy book of your spiritual tradition.
    Synonyms
    sacred, consecrated, hallowed, sanctified, venerated, revered, reverenced, divine, religious, blessed, blest, dedicated
    1. 1.1 (of a person) devoted to the service of God.
      (人)(对上帝)虔诚的
      saints and holy men

      圣徒和虔诚的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Hindu holy men personally served food, mainly fruits and yogurts, to the guests.
      • He was a very holy person who had a real interest in people.
      • From his garb I see that he is a Swami, a Hindu holy man.
      • After we were married, she continued to go to church while I stayed home and burned sweet grass and tried to be an Indian holy man.
      • Father Joseph was not your average holy man, he had a message - a message still relevant in today's hi-tech world.
      • Even though he thinks a lot of archaic things, he did dedicate his life to helping people, and I truly believe that he meant to do right in everything he did and that he was in fact a very holy man.
      • To her he was godlike, noble, excellent, all but holy.
      • What do the lives and service of holy women teach us about ordaining women?
      • These are people totally dedicated to God, holy ones.
      • The holy man quickly surmises the scale of the problem.
      • Surely the pilgrim was innocent, and a most holy man.
      • What I want to see are holy bishops who take seriously the spiritual condition of both the victims and the accused.
      • It also seems right to think that among such holy people, the broken, addicted, and deceived of our world will see the true way of life with its promise of healing, freedom, and peace.
      • She became a constant visitor to the holy women of White Church
      • Iraq's most influential holy man returned to Najaf today in a bid to make peace.
      Synonyms
      saintly, godly, saintlike, pious, pietistic, religious, devout, God-fearing, spiritual, canonized, beatified, ordained, deified
      righteous, good, virtuous, moral, sinless, pure, perfect
    2. 1.2 Morally and spiritually excellent.
      道德和精神卓越的,圣洁的
      I do not lead a holy life

      我不是过着圣洁的生活。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • At the same time, it opens you to a respect and a reverence in fact, for what is true and holy in other religions.
      • And within the latter community there are deep divisions, many due to the further attempt to discriminate between those who are or are not holy or Spirit-filled.
      • Real prayer isn't about showing how good, holy or spiritual you are.
      • As a result my picture hopefully has a holy spiritual quality.
      • They were men, holy and angelic in spirit, who preached the word of Allâh in different times and climes and in every land.
      • God created every human being to fulfill a purpose that is both holy and productive.
  • 2dated, humorous Used in exclamations of surprise or dismay.

    〈旧,幽默〉(表示惊讶、懊丧的感叹语)哎呀,糟糕

    holy smoke!

    天哪!哎呀!糟糕!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So he had to be pretty sharp and he fell in love with a girl who he thought he was going to spend a weekend with, it happened to a lot of people, holy God, he was hooked.
    • And I knew immediately, holy heavens, we are under attack.
    • But holy smoke, are their doughnuts amazing or what?
    • Now, 8 years later (holy moly where does time go?) I want to utilize the skills and knowledge that I've learned along the way to help others create roots to begin their business doing what they love to do.
    • Holy smoke, what will the world come to next???!!!

Origin

Old English hālig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German heilig, also to whole.

  • Holy is related to Dutch and German heilig, and derives from the same root as whole. The holy of holies originally referred to the inner chamber of the sanctuary of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, which was separated by a veil from the outer chamber and entered only by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement. The attitude of self-conscious virtue or piety that is holier than thou also has a biblical source, in Isaiah, which deplores ‘a rebellious people…Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou’. See also high

Rhymes

aïoli, coaly, coley, Foley, goalie, guacamole, holey, Holi, lowly, moly, pinole, ravioli, roly-poly, Rowley, shoaly, soli

Definition of holy in US English:

holy

adjectiveˈhōlēˈhoʊli
  • 1Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.

    献身于上帝(或宗教)的,尊崇上帝(或宗教)的;神圣的

    the Holy Bible

    《圣经》。

    the holy month of Ramadan

    斋月这一圣月。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When a temporary lifting of the curfew was announced in Jenin on the fourth day of the holy month of Ramadan in November 2002, the happiest of all were the children.
    • However, he goes on to suggest that merely because these views are expressed in a religion's holy book, it is not fair to assume that all religious leaders accept them.
    • He put the turban upon his head and set the gold rosette as symbol of holy dedication on the front of the turban as the Lord had commanded him.
    • They brimmed with religious symbols, holy images and bible stories.
    • The day is among the most holy in the religion, a celebration of the birth of Christ, His salvation.
    • His act of praying transforms the cityscape into a sacred space and holy ground.
    • In the ancient times each of the items corresponded to one of the seven creations and the seven holy immortals protecting them.
    • Three of the employees, who are Muslims refused to shave because it was holy month of Ramadan.
    • There are two main Muslim holidays: Eid Al-Fitr is a three-day festival at the end of the holy month of fasting, Ramadan.
    • Each house and shop set up altars in their doorways or windows with religious statues or holy pictures mixed with fresh flowers.
    • The notion that Jerusalem is holy to all three monotheistic religions of the Middle East is a statement of fact.
    • When we act in a holy way, sanctifying His Name and creation itself, then, the Presence of God becomes more accessible to man, and nature stands aside for God.
    • For the holy month culminates in a prescribed annual almsgiving, amounting to a tax on one's wealth and property, to be distributed in the coming year to those in need.
    • Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits.
    • Friday is the completion of the holy month of Ramadaan.
    • Place the letter in a sealed envelope, and put it in the Bible or in the holy book of your spiritual tradition.
    • It just so happened that my trip coincided with the holy month of Ramadan.
    • At the same time, we are committed to free access and free practice, to the members of the other two religions, to the holy shrines in Jerusalem.
    • An elderly man, presumably seeking to protect the sanctity of this holy site, was shouting after them.
    • In India, tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims jostled to take holy baths in the sacred River Ganges after performing special prayers for ancestors during the eclipse.
    Synonyms
    sacred, consecrated, hallowed, sanctified, venerated, revered, reverenced, divine, religious, blessed, blest, dedicated
    1. 1.1 (of a person) devoted to the service of God.
      (人)(对上帝)虔诚的
      saints and holy men

      圣徒和虔诚的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Father Joseph was not your average holy man, he had a message - a message still relevant in today's hi-tech world.
      • Even though he thinks a lot of archaic things, he did dedicate his life to helping people, and I truly believe that he meant to do right in everything he did and that he was in fact a very holy man.
      • From his garb I see that he is a Swami, a Hindu holy man.
      • It also seems right to think that among such holy people, the broken, addicted, and deceived of our world will see the true way of life with its promise of healing, freedom, and peace.
      • The holy man quickly surmises the scale of the problem.
      • The Hindu holy men personally served food, mainly fruits and yogurts, to the guests.
      • She became a constant visitor to the holy women of White Church
      • What do the lives and service of holy women teach us about ordaining women?
      • These are people totally dedicated to God, holy ones.
      • To her he was godlike, noble, excellent, all but holy.
      • Surely the pilgrim was innocent, and a most holy man.
      • What I want to see are holy bishops who take seriously the spiritual condition of both the victims and the accused.
      • Iraq's most influential holy man returned to Najaf today in a bid to make peace.
      • After we were married, she continued to go to church while I stayed home and burned sweet grass and tried to be an Indian holy man.
      • He was a very holy person who had a real interest in people.
      Synonyms
      saintly, godly, saintlike, pious, pietistic, religious, devout, god-fearing, spiritual, canonized, beatified, ordained, deified
    2. 1.2 Morally and spiritually excellent.
      道德和精神卓越的,圣洁的
      I do not lead a holy life

      我不是过着圣洁的生活。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a result my picture hopefully has a holy spiritual quality.
      • Real prayer isn't about showing how good, holy or spiritual you are.
      • At the same time, it opens you to a respect and a reverence in fact, for what is true and holy in other religions.
      • They were men, holy and angelic in spirit, who preached the word of Allâh in different times and climes and in every land.
      • God created every human being to fulfill a purpose that is both holy and productive.
      • And within the latter community there are deep divisions, many due to the further attempt to discriminate between those who are or are not holy or Spirit-filled.
  • 2dated, humorous Used in exclamations of surprise or dismay.

    〈旧,幽默〉(表示惊讶、懊丧的感叹语)哎呀,糟糕

    holy smoke!

    天哪!哎呀!糟糕!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But holy smoke, are their doughnuts amazing or what?
    • Now, 8 years later (holy moly where does time go?) I want to utilize the skills and knowledge that I've learned along the way to help others create roots to begin their business doing what they love to do.
    • Holy smoke, what will the world come to next???!!!
    • So he had to be pretty sharp and he fell in love with a girl who he thought he was going to spend a weekend with, it happened to a lot of people, holy God, he was hooked.
    • And I knew immediately, holy heavens, we are under attack.

Origin

Old English hālig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German heilig, also to whole.

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