penates
[pə'neiti:z]
- n. 家邦守护神
实用场景例句
- We cannot bring ourselves to leave behind those lares and penates.
- 我们舍不得丢弃那些传家之宝.
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中文词源
penates 古罗马家神,财神
来自拉丁语penates,家神,来自penitus,里面,屋内,词源同penetrate.
双语例句
- 1. We cannot bring ourselves to leave behind those lares and penates.
- 我们舍不得丢弃那些传家之宝.
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英文词源
- penates (n.)
- Roman household gods, 1510s, from Latin penates "gods of the inside of the house," related to penatus "sanctuary of a temple" (especially that of Vesta), cognate with penitus "within" (see penetrate).