prayer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pɹɛə/    美 /ˈpɹeɪ.ɚ/|/pɹɛɚ/|/ˈpɹɛɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. uncountable
    — Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.
  2. One who prays.
    — If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar / A hope-er^([sic]), a pray-er^([sic]), a magic bean buyer…
  3. An act of praying. countable
    — Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
  4. The specific words or methods used for praying. countable,uncountable
    — Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.
  5. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying. countable,uncountable
    — Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.
  6. A request; a petition. countable
    — This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.
  7. The remotest hope or chance. countable,singular,uncountable
    — That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.

词形变化

prayers plural prayers plural

词汇关系

近义词
orison precation bead
衍生词
antiprayer arrow prayer call to prayer dawn prayer evening prayer Friday prayers house of prayer morning prayer not have a prayer on a wing and a prayer prayer bead prayer beads prayer book prayer box prayer bump prayer card prayer circle prayer flag prayer for relief prayerful prayerhouse prayerish prayerless prayerlike prayer mat prayer meeting prayer mill prayer-monger prayer plant prayer room prayer rope prayer rug prayer shawl Prayers of the People prayersome prayer square prayer wheel prayerwise preprayer psychic prayer sinner's prayer sunset prayer the answer to a maiden's prayer wing and prayer without a prayer

词源

词源 1
From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead).
词源 2
pray + -er.
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