| 释义 |
litany/ˈlit(ə)ni/n. (pl. -ies) 1a a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usu. recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people 连祷；应答祈祷 b (作 the Litany) such petitions and responses contained in the Book of Common Prayer (《公祷书》中的)连祷文；应答祷文 2 a tedious recital 冗长乏味的陈述 a litany of woes 祸不单行[Middle English via Old French letanie and ecclesiastical Latin litania from Greek litaneia ‘prayer’, from litē ‘supplication’] |