rosary
rosary — 名詞
- rosarysingular
- rosariesplural
1. A rosary is a loop of beads that worshippers in certain faiths move through with
玫瑰經；念珠
天主教或佛教祈禱時使用的珠串及祈禱文
A rosary is a loop of beads that worshippers in certain faiths move through with their fingers while reciting a fixed set of prayers. The word can also refer to the prayers themselves — especially the Catholic devotion known as the Rosary.
Feng inherited his grandmother's rosary and keeps it in the box beside her photograph.
Feng 繼承了祖母的玫瑰經念珠，把它放在祖母照片旁的盒子裡。
possessive + object: inherited + grandmother's rosary
During the funeral service, Chidi held a rosary and repeated each prayer under his breath.
在葬禮中，Chidi 手握念珠，低聲重複每一段祈禱文。
collocation: hold a rosary + repeat a prayer
Layla's wooden rosary from the cathedral has small silver beads between larger ones.
Layla 那串來自大教堂的木製念珠，大珠之間綴有小銀珠。
physical description of a rosary
Minh's family keeps a rosary hanging on the wall near the family altar at home.
Minh 的家人在家中神桌旁的牆上掛了一串念珠。
After the evening service, Christopher sat in the back pew and quietly prayed his rosary.
晚間禮拜結束後，Christopher 坐在後排長椅上靜靜地誦念玫瑰經。
collocation: pray + one's rosary
- say the rosary
- pray the rosary
- finger the rosary beads
- rosary bead
- decade of the rosary
- the Rosary prayer
- prayer beads
Generic term for any religion's counting beads; less specific than 'rosary'
- mala
Hindu or Buddhist string of beads, usually with 108 beads; a different tradition from the Catholic rosary
- chaplet
A smaller Catholic prayer bead set (typically one decade) or a shorter devotion; narrower in scope
用法筆記
When capitalised as 'the Rosary,' the word refers specifically to the traditional Catholic cycle of prayers. In Buddhist contexts, the beads are often called a 'mala' (माला) rather than a rosary.
常見錯誤
同根字
- rosary bead名詞B1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- rosary beads
- rosary prayer
- rosary service
- rosary ring
- decade of the rosary
常用片語
- say the rosary
- pray the rosary
- finger the rosary
- recite the rosary
- the Rosary devotion