Word · Frequency #393
churches
教堂
churches is the plural of church.
核心释义
A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
- 1.
基督教礼拜场所；举行基督教宗教仪式的建筑。
A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
- 2.
被视为一个精神共同体的全体基督徒；基督教；基督世界。
Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
- 3.
遵循相同基督教信仰的地方群体,可指地方性或普遍性。
A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
- 4.
基督教的特定教派。
A particular denomination of Christianity.
- 5.
在教堂举行的基督教礼拜；礼拜仪式。
Christian worship held at a church; service.
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被视作政治机构的有组织宗教或特定宗教。
Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
礼拜；教会；会众；教派；宗派；教会；（全体）基督徒；教会组织；教权机构
用法In use
The old church on the hill has beautiful stained glass windows.
用法提示：此处 church 指教堂建筑，作名词。
Our church meets every Sunday for a service.
用法提示：此处 church 指教会团体，作名词。
She decided to join a church after moving to the new town.
用法提示：此处 church 指基督教派别或组织，作名词。
go to church
通常指参加宗教仪式。
I go to church every Sunday.
我每个星期天去教堂。
attend church
较正式的说法。
She attends church regularly.
她定期去教堂做礼拜。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- attend church
- 去教堂做礼拜
- Many people attend church on Sunday.许多人在周日去教堂做礼拜。
- go to church
- 去教堂
- She goes to church every Sunday.她每个周日去教堂。
- church service
- 教堂礼拜
- The church service starts at 10 a.m.教堂礼拜上午10点开始。
- church building
- 教堂建筑
- The church building is over 200 years old.这座教堂建筑已有200多年历史。
- church member
- 教会成员
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将 church 拆为 ch（教堂尖顶）和 urch（urchin 小顽童），想象教堂里有个淘气的小顽童在玩耍。
语境与语域Context & Register
“教堂”为中性词汇，多用于宗教、社区及旅游语境，无特定语域限制。
语法说明Grammar Note
作可数名词时指教堂建筑或教派组织；作不可数名词时指礼拜仪式或教会机构。常与at, in, to, of连用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with church: search, perch, lurch, birch. Watch out for lookalikes like much, such, touch which have a different vowel.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
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