dormition

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n/    美 /dɔɹˈmɪʃ(ə)n/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of falling asleep. countable,uncountable
  2. The process of death or the actual death itself. countable,euphemistic,uncountable
  3. The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary. capitalized,countable,often,uncountable
    — The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called her Dormition, or falling asleep.

词形变化

dormitions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
obdormition
相关词
dorm dormant dormitive dormitory

词源

Borrowed from Middle French dormition, from Latin dormītiōnem.
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