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matins/ˈmætinz/n. (also 亦作 mattins) (as sing or pl. 作单数或复数) 1a a service of morning prayer in the Anglican Church (英国国教的)晨祷 b the office of one of the canonical hours of prayer, properly a night office, but also recited with lauds at daybreak or on the previous evening 诵念申正经的祈祷(但也和赞美经相接) 2 (also 亦作 matin) poet. the morning song of birds [诗] (鸟的)晨歌 [Middle English via Old French matines from ecclesiastical Latin matutinas, accusative fem. pl. adj. from Latin matutinus ‘of the morning’ from Matuta, the name of the dawn-goddess] |