rosary

rosary

英 ['rəʊz(ə)rɪ]
　　美 ['rozəri]

n. 玫瑰園，玫瑰花壇；玫瑰經，誦經用的念珠

中文詞源：

rosary 玫瑰園，玫瑰花壇，玫瑰經，念珠

來自 rose,玫瑰，-ary,表地後綴。即玫瑰園，玫瑰花壇，後用於比喻義滿園子的誦經人，引申 詞義玫瑰經，念珠。

例句：

1. Estrada took a rosary from his tunic and ran the beads through the fingers of one hand.
埃斯特拉達從法衣裡取出一串念珠，用一隻手捻動起來。

2. The priest fidgeted nervously with his black rosary beads.
牧師緊張地撥弄著他的黑色念珠。

3. Someone had began to whistle the Rosary, tunelessly inside.
裡面有人已經開始不成腔地用口哨吹奏《玫瑰經》.

4. He took rosary beads from his pocket and began to pray silently.
他從口袋中取出念珠,開始默默祈禱.

5. Her hands lay open in her lap and, loosely between them, a rosary.
她的雙手攤開放在膝上, 一串念珠松松地拿在手間.