visitation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited. countable,uncountable
    — Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […]
  2. An official visit to inspect or examine something. countable,uncountable
  3. An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts. countable,uncountable
  4. An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God. countable,uncountable
    — But when the blow comes down in the fulness of expectation; when the bough is smitten while green, and the flower cut down in its spring; when the young and lovely perish, while the eyes, full of light, were fixed on the future,—then, indeed, is the visitation heavy to bear.
  5. The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access. countable,uncountable
  6. A punishment or blessing ordained by God. countable,uncountable
  7. An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region. countable,uncountable

词形变化

visitations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
conjugal visitation Nun of the Visitation

词源

From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation.
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