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单词 chorten
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Definition of chorten in English:

chorten

noun ˈtʃɔːt(ə)n
  • (chiefly in Tibet) a Buddhist shrine, typically a saint's tomb or a monument to the Buddha.

    (主要在西藏)佛教神龛;神殿(尤指圣骨冢或佛祖纪念堂)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Earlier today, hiking through a narrow gorge on a trail so heavily overhung with flowering rhododendrons that it was like a secret passage, we stopped at a chorten, a primitive Buddhist shrine, in the forest.
    • Carrying the heavy packs on our backs, we trekked for about four hours, skirting the borders of the village and stopping occasionally at chortens to pray for good crops and the prosperity of the village.
    • In the middle of the course is a 16th-century chorten, a Buddhist monument of the kind that dots the landscape all over these parts.
    • Larger villages may have a community temple, a community mill, and religious monuments called stupas and chortens.
    • Jewels, gold statues of the Buddha and other treasures are often left as offerings in temples and chortens, many of which are in remote areas and are soft targets for criminals.
    Synonyms
    holy place, temple, church, chapel, tabernacle, altar, sanctuary, sanctum

Origin

Tibetan.

Rhymes

boughten, foreshorten, Laughton, Morton, Naughton, Orton, quartan, quartern, shorten, tauten, torten, Wharton
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