temple
US: /ˈtɛmpəɫ/
UK: /tˈɛmpəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
temple /'templ/- danh từ
- đến, điện, miếu, thánh thất, thánh đường
- (giải phẫu) thái dương
- cái căng vải (trong khung cửi)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a building used for the worship of a god or gods, especially in religions other than Christianity: the Temple of Diana at Ephesus + a Buddhist / Hindu / Sikh temple + (AmE) to go to temple (= to a service in a SYNAGOGUE, where Jews worship)
2 each of the flat parts at the side of the forehead: She had black hair, greying at the temples.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
place or house of worship, holy place, house of God, church, synagogue, mosque, pagoda, cathedral, sanctuary, chapel, shrine, Yiddish shul or schul:
Temples to gods are found throughout the world.
Collocation
1 building used for worship
ADJ.
great
the great temples of Egypt
| ancient, classical | sacred | ruined | Buddhist, Hindu, etc. | heathen, pagan
TEMPLE + NOUN
priest
PREP.
in a/the ~
They went to pray in the temple.
2 part of the head
ADJ.
left, right | throbbing
PREP.
at sb's/the ~ s
He's greying at the temples.
| in sb's ~ s
There was a throbbing in her temples.
Concise dictionary
temples'templnoun
+place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
+the flat area on either side of the forehead
+an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
+(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
