| 釋義 |
beadsn. (pl.)
1.rosary beads. rosary念珠，念珠串。
△3H.Ⅵ.2.1.162: “Numbering our Ave-Maries with our beads?”數(shù)著念珠高誦“萬福，瑪利亞”嗎？
2.rosary,i.e. prayers念珠串，（轉(zhuǎn)指）禱告。
at one’s beads: while saying prayers with the rosary正在數(shù)著念珠禱告的時候。
△R.III.3.7.91(92):“Whenholy and devout religious men/Are at their beads.’tis much to draw them thence，”當圣潔虔誠的教徒正在數(shù)著念珠禱告的時候，要把他們從那里拉開是大為不易的事。
△2H.VI.1.1.27:“In courtly company,or at mybeads，”在宮廷活動中，或者在我數(shù)著念珠禱告的時候。 |