| 釋義 |
heathen /'hudn; 'kiSsn/ n 1 [C] (pl ~s or, collectively, the ~) believer in a religion other than the chief world religions: 所相信之宗敎非世界上主要的宗敎者; 異敎徒: The Saxons who invaded England were ~s. 侵略英格蘭的撒克遜人是異敎徒。 He went abroad to preach Christianity to the ~. 他去國外向異敎徒宣商基督敎。 2 [C] (colloq) person whose morals, etc are disapproved of: (俗) 道德敗壞的人: They've allowed their daughter to grow up as a young ~, wild, ill-mannered, without moral training. 他們聽任他們的女兒長(zhǎng)大成為道德敗壞的年輕人。 3 (attrib) : (形容用法): a ~ land; 信異敎的地方; ~ customs. 異敎社會(huì)的風(fēng)俗。 ~ish /-ij; -ij/ adj of or like ~s; barbarous. 異敎徒的; 似異敎底的; 野蠻的。 |