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单词 stoup
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Definition of stoup in English:

stoup

noun stuːpstup
  • 1A basin for holy water, especially on the wall near the door of a Roman Catholic church for worshippers to dip their fingers in before crossing themselves.

    (置于罗马天主教堂门边墙上,供礼拜者在胸前画十字前沾圣水用的)圣水钵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The stoop, or baptismal font, has also been found and returned to the church.
    • But she gains other layers as I explain about the stoup of holy water, and as the unfamiliar sound of a mighty organ thunders and peals around us, while for me the layers just keep on accumulating.
    • On the walls there were rosaries, medals, several pictures of the Virgin, and a holy-water stoup made out of a coconut.
    • Among them were an 11th century grave cover, a Norman window head and a holy water stoup, which provide evidence that Burnsall had a stone church in the 11th century.
    • One appeared to be a holy water stoup such as was found in Roman Catholic churches, of a plain character.
    • A factory document of 1743 reveals that a series of holy water stoups had been commissioned by the nuns in the Royal Convent of Unshod Carmelites in Madrid.
    1. 1.1archaic A flagon or beaker for drink.
      〈古或史〉酒壶;大酒杯
      the jailer returned and left a stoup of water
      Example sentencesExamples
      • II.3 has Iago left alone after Cassio's departure, after he has wheedled him into drinking a stoup of wine.
      Synonyms
      beaker, cup

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'pail, small cask'): from Old Norse staup, of Germanic origin; related to the verb steep2.

Rhymes

bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop

Definition of stoup in US English:

stoup

nounstupsto͞op
  • 1A basin for holy water, especially on the wall near the door of a Roman Catholic church for worshipers to dip their fingers in before crossing themselves.

    (置于罗马天主教堂门边墙上,供礼拜者在胸前画十字前沾圣水用的)圣水钵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A factory document of 1743 reveals that a series of holy water stoups had been commissioned by the nuns in the Royal Convent of Unshod Carmelites in Madrid.
    • But she gains other layers as I explain about the stoup of holy water, and as the unfamiliar sound of a mighty organ thunders and peals around us, while for me the layers just keep on accumulating.
    • One appeared to be a holy water stoup such as was found in Roman Catholic churches, of a plain character.
    • On the walls there were rosaries, medals, several pictures of the Virgin, and a holy-water stoup made out of a coconut.
    • The stoop, or baptismal font, has also been found and returned to the church.
    • Among them were an 11th century grave cover, a Norman window head and a holy water stoup, which provide evidence that Burnsall had a stone church in the 11th century.
    1. 1.1archaic A flagon or beaker for drink.
      〈古或史〉酒壶;大酒杯
      the jailer returned and left a stoup of water
      Example sentencesExamples
      • II.3 has Iago left alone after Cassio's departure, after he has wheedled him into drinking a stoup of wine.
      Synonyms
      beaker, cup

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘pail, small cask’): from Old Norse staup, of Germanic origin; related to the verb steep.

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