pantheon
名词 n.
英 /ˈpænθiən/
美 /ˈpænθiˌɑn/|/ˈpænθiən/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A temple dedicated to all the gods.
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All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
— Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon.
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A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
— Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold
词汇关系
词源
From Pantheon (“a Roman temple to the gods later used as a church”), c. 1300.
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