| 释义 |
misericord/miˈzerikɔ:d/n. 1 a shelving projection on the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall serving (when the seat is turned up) to help support a person standing (教堂座位活动座板底面的)凸出托板(座板垂直时供站立的礼拜者支托身体之用) 2 an apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of discipline are permitted 免戒室 3 a dagger for dealing the death stroke (结束性命的)短剑，匕首 [Middle English via Old French misericorde from Latin misericordia, via misericors ‘compassionate’ from stem of miserēri ‘pity’ + cor cordis ‘heart’] |