matins
/mætɪnz/(亦作mattins)
noun
1- a service of morning prayer in various Churches, especially the Anglican Church（在各种教堂、尤其是在英国圣公会教堂的）晨祷。
1.1
- a service forming part of the traditional Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, originally said (or chanted) at or after midnight, but historically often held with lauds on the previous evening（最初据说在子夜或子夜后, 但是历史上是在前一天夜晚举行并唱赞歌的）夜祷, 夜间礼拜。
1.2
- （亦作matin）poetic/literary the morning song of birds〈诗/文〉（鸟的）晨歌。
词源
Middle English: from Old French matines, plural （influenced by ecclesiastical Latin matutinae 'morning prayers'） of matin 'morning', from Latin matutinum, neuter of matutinus 'early in the morning', from Matuta, the name of the dawn goddess.