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anointing

/uh-noint/US // əˈnɔɪnt //UK // (əˈnɔɪnt) //

膏油,膏抹,膏药,膏膏

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
    • : to smear with any liquid.
    • : to consecrate or make sacred in a ceremony that includes the token applying of oil: He anointed the new high priest.
    • : to dedicate to the service of God.

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Examples

  • In a symbolic and literal crash, a nearby aquarium shatters, anointing the newfound lovers with water and fish and broken glass.

  • A few even anointed him “The Next One,” the most-likely successor to “The Great One” Wayne Gretzky, the NHL’s greatest player ever, before McDavid ever played his first game with the Edmonton Oilers.

  • His wife and Macgill were there with anointing oil and a prayer book, their voices still raspy as they helped him let go.

  • Within days after the election, we witnessed an orchestrated effort to anoint the winner, even while many key states were still being counted.

  • Outside of Orlando, where the University of Central Florida anointed itself the 2017 national champion, college football hasn’t built much momentum toward allowing a team that isn’t in a Power Five conference9 a chance to compete for a title.

  • Father Huber pulled the white sheet down so he could anoint the forehead of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

  • Could it be that by giving him St. Peter in Chains Benedict meant to anoint him?

  • The Republicans tend to anoint the next in line, and this time there is no heir apparent.

  • We privately see ourselves as queenly beings who get to decide which of our subjects to anoint with a knighthood.

  • They were about to anoint Charlie Wilson as one of their own.

  • That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.

  • I feel like asking our elder, Sister Smith, to come and anoint you with oil according to Jas.

  • If the hands be affected, anoint them on going to bed, and put on a pair of gloves.

  • Anoint the face with this, leave it on twenty or thirty minutes, or overnight if convenient, and wash off with warm water.

  • If you anoint a patient that has confluent smallpox you probably can not wipe away the oil, because the skin will be pustular.