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epistle

英 /ɪˈpɪsl/美 /ɪˈpɪsl/
  • n.
    书信；使徒书；书信体诗文
复数epistles

双语例句

  1. "Had the Greeks held novelty in such disdain as we," asked Horace in his epistle, "what work of ancient date would now exist?"
    霍勒斯在他的书信中问道：“如果希腊人也像我们这样鄙视新奇事物，那么古代的作品现在还会存在吗？”
  2. I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
    我这代笔写信的德丢，在主里面问你们安。
  3. Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men.
    你们就是我们的荐信，写在我们心里，被众人所知道所念诵的。

网络短语

  • Epistle to Diognetus
    丢格那妥书；致丢格那妥书
  • epistle missive
    书信
  • The Epistle to the Romans
    罗马书注释
  • Second Epistle of Clement
    克里门后书
  • Epistle of Themison
    泰米臣书

词语扩展

n.
carta
书信；使徒书；书信体诗文
adj.
epistolary书信的；书信体的；用书信的

英英释义

  • n.a specially long, formal letter
  • n.a book of the New Testament in the form of a letter from an Apostle

词源

  • epistle使徒书信
    epi-, 在上，朝向。-stle, 放置，送出，词源同stand, stall, apostle.原指信息，书信，后来特指基督门徒书信。
  • epistle
    Borrowing from Old French epistre, from Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή ‎(epistolḗ), from ἐπιστέλλω ‎(epistéllō, “I send a message”), from ἐπί ‎(epí, “upon”) + στέλλω ‎(stéllō, “I prepare, send”).