mystery

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 mĭsʹt(ə)rē

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. countable,uncountable
    — The truth behind the events remains a mystery.
  2. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature. countable,uncountable
    — That man is a mystery.
  3. An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred. countable,uncountable
  4. A mystery play. countable,uncountable
    — The Moralities displayed something more of art and invention than the Mysteries; in them virtues, vices and qualities were personified, and something like a plot was frequently to be discovered.
  5. A secret or mystical meaning. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] and, not knowing the meaning or misterie of her pollicie, forgat no termes of reproche or rigorous rebuke against his chast doughter.
  6. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid). countable,uncountable
    — 1744 (first printed), Jonathan Swift, A Sermon on the Trinity If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.
  7. A sacrament. countable,uncountable
    — There are seven mysteries, or sacraments, in the Greek church, viz. baptism, the chrism (a rite peculiar to this church), the eucharist, confession, ordination, marriage, and the holy oil.
  8. A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — the Eleusinian mysteries
  9. A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ. countable,uncountable
    — The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.
  10. A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — The trades, the crafts, the mysteries, would all be losers.

词形变化

mysteries plural

词汇关系

近义词
enigma roun
衍生词
bag of mystery bibliomystery dramystery Eleusinian Mysteries locked-room mystery murder mystery mysterama mysteriarch mysterical mysteried mysterious mysterize mystery bag Mystery Bay mystery box mystery clock mystery consumer mystery cult mystery guest mysteryless mystery meat mystery meat navigation mystery-monger mystery-mongering mystery play mystery room mystery ship mystery shop mystery shopper mystery shopping mystery snail mystery tour mystery watch nonmystery sex-mystery submystery unmystery
相关词
mystic mystical mysticism mystify mystique

词源

From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “to initiate”), from μύω (múō, “to shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.
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