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pilgrim

/pil-grim, -gruhm/US // ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm //UK // (ˈpɪlɡrɪm) //

朝圣者,朝拜者,朝圣,朝圣的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: pilgrims to the Holy Land.
    • : a traveler or wanderer, especially in a foreign place.
    • : an original settler in a region.
    • : one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.
    • : a newcomer to a region or place, especially to the western U.S.

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Examples

  • Singing at a concert with other fans, chanting prayers surrounded by pilgrims or doing the “wave” during a ballgame — these are all ways of making personal connections.

  • Named after what some say is the patron saint of pandemics, the village is drawing day-trippers seeking to snap a photo of its street sign as well as pilgrims who want to pray at the altar of the saint.

  • Not everyone is happy to let the pope play the humble pilgrim.

  • It is home to Papa Pilgrim, a literal-minded, self-fashioned prophet; his wife, Country Rose; and their 15 dutiful children.

  • Most were originally drove roads, paths to market, or pilgrim paths.

  • Pictured above is the sculpture titled Hopeful Had Much Ado from Pilgrim's Progress.

  • The tip of the one of the spires at the National Cathedral fell onto the steps of Pilgrim Road.

  • Naw, I sold my outfit to a goggle-eyed pilgrim that has an idea buffalo hides is prime all summer.

  • There is a charm in Defoe's works that one hardly finds, excepting in the Pilgrim's Progress.

  • We can get a pretty good idea of the reasons which led the Pilgrim Fathers to brave everything to get away from their home land.

  • Every pilgrim would consider his pilgrimage of no account if he did not step in here immediately on his arrival.

  • The older nuns had turned from their tasks and paused, in passing by, to hear the pilgrim's story.