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单词 shrine
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shrine
noun[C]
uk
/ʃraɪn/us
/ʃraɪn/
aplaceforworshipthat isholybecause of aconnectionwith aholypersonorobject:
圣地；神龛；圣坛；神殿
Islam's mostsacredshrine is atMeccain Saudi Arabia.伊斯兰教最神圣的圣殿位于沙特阿拉伯的麦加。
aspecialplacein which yourememberandpraisesomeone who hasdied,especiallysomeonefamous:
（尤指名人的）纪念之所
She'sturnedherbedroominto a shrinetothedeadpopstarandcoveredthewallswithpicturesof him.她把自己的卧室变成了纪念那位已故流行歌星的地方，墙上贴满了他的照片。
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Remembering people who have died
(Definition ofshrinefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shrine| American Dictionary

shrine
noun[C]
us
/ʃrɑɪn/
aplacewherepeoplecome toworship, usually because of aconnectionwith aholypersonor amysteriousreligiouseventorobject
A shrine can also be aplacethat ishonoredbecause of someconnectionwith afamouspersonorevent.
(Definition ofshrinefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The ' spirit shrines ' were frequently owned or controlled by specific communities and specialists, but with very different social outcomes across the region.
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Other ritual offerings were found associated with the shrines and buried beneath the eastern staircases.
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Interchangeable vehicles of gifts and sacred forces varied from charms, witch-substance, relics and shrines, or the body of the ritual specialist him/herself.
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Legends, surnames, and ancestral shrines all contribute to ensuring social rights.
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Why do we learn so little about women's shrines in a society known for relative female autonomy ?
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However, much controversy surrounds the question of who actually installed the shrines.
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On the one hand, this refusal suggests that the previous transfer of earth shrines had perhaps not been quite as ' voluntary ' as some narratives claim.
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Higher and lower degrees of connectedness are indicated by the placement of communal facilities and shrines.
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Women pray at naga shrines in hopes of conceiving a child.
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Home to a nomadic hippy, it was encrusted with a bristling baroque fantasy of plastic toys, plastic landscapes, silly scenes and shrines.
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In 1745, control of 440 sites outside the gates of temples and shrines and 227 cho within their precincts were transferred to the city magistrate.
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Still-born infants were brought to shrines for baptism - it seems that the ' miracle ' of resuscitation was not necessary.
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I question though the verb "chose"; in many attested cases the priests of those temples judged to be shrines were given no choice at all.
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The fact that shrines were present on the landscape certainly held meaning for people living in the neighbourhood.
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A large limestone boulder, 60 cm in height, had been set into the floor in the center of the shrine's interior chamber.
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