释义 |
epistle/iˈpis(ə)l/n. 1 formal or joc. a letter, esp. a long one on a serious subject [正式] [诙]信件,长信(尤指有关严肃话题的) 2 (also 亦作 Epistle)a any of the letters of the Apostles in the New Testament (新约中)使徒写的信 b an extract from an Epistle read in a church service (教堂做弥撒等仪式时念诵的)使徒信件节录 3 a poem or other literary work in the form of a letter or series of letters (以信件形式写的)诗和其他文学作品 [Middle English via Old French and Latin epistola from Greek epistolē, from epistellō ‘send news’ (as EPI-, stellō ‘send’)] |