pax

名词 n. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
发音 păks

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
    — Fortune is Bardolphs foe, and frownes on him: for he hath ſtolne a Pax, and hanged muſt a be: […] Exeter hath giuen the doome of death, for Pax of little price.
  2. A passenger; passengers. informal,plural-normally
  3. Friendship; truce. UK,dated
    — to make pax with someone
  4. A guest (at an event or function). broadly,informal,plural-normally
  5. The kiss of peace.
  6. Person (A restaurant guest, when counting). broadly,informal,plural-normally
    — $30 per pax
  7. A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
  8. Any of several notable periods of peace in human history, particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on the model of the Pax Romana.
感叹词 intj.
  1. A cry for peace or truce in children's games. UK,dated

词形变化

pax plural

词汇关系

衍生词
paxhole

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pax and Latin pax (“peace”). Doublet of peace. See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom.
词源 2
Abbreviation of passenger; -x is an abbreviation marker as in DX, TX, Dx, Rx, etc.
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