chapel
n
1 [C] small building or room used for Christian worship, eg in a school, prison, large private house, etc (基督徒禮拜用的)小教堂或房間(如學(xué)校、 監(jiān)獄、 私人大宅等中的)
a college chapel 學(xué)院小教堂
Chapel is (ie Services in chapel are) at 8 o'clock. (小教堂的)禮拜在8點(diǎn)鐘舉行.
2 [C] separate part of a church or cathedral with its own altar, used for small services and private prayer 私人祈禱處(教堂或大教堂中有自己祭壇的獨(dú)立部分, 用於小規(guī)模禮拜或私人祈禱)
a `Lady chapel, ie one dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus 圣母堂(供奉耶穌之母馬利亞的禮拜堂). =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page viii.
3 [C](Brit) place used for Christian worship by Nonconformists(非英國(guó)國(guó)教徒禮拜基督的)教堂
a Methodist `chapel 衛(wèi)理公會(huì)教堂
She goes to/attends chapel regularly. 她經(jīng)常去新教徒教堂作禮拜.
(dated 舊) Are they church or chapel? ie Do they belong to the Anglican Church or to a Nonconformist denomination? 他們是英國(guó)國(guó)教徒還是非國(guó)教徒?
4 [CGp] (members of a) branch of a trade union in a newspaper office or printing house 報(bào)社或印刷廠工會(huì)(會(huì)員)
The chapel voted against a strike. 印刷工會(huì)投票反對(duì)罷工.
5 [C] (esp US) local branch of a club, society, etc 俱樂部、 社團(tuán)等的地方分部.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['t??p?l]n. 小教堂, 禮拜式
?? 同詞根單詞
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