柯林斯英汉双解大词典
mecca /ˈmɛkə/
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N-PROPER Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia, which is the holiest city in Islam because the Prophet Mohammed was born there. All Muslims face toward Mecca when they pray. 麦加; 沙特城市，伊斯兰教圣城，先知穆罕默德的诞生地，所有穆斯林祈祷朝拜的方向
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N-COUNT If you describe a place as a mecca or Mecca for a particular thing or activity, you mean that many people who are interested in it go there. 众人向往的地方; 胜地 [usu sing, with supp]
例：Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia.
泰国已经成为亚洲旅游胜地。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Some 50,000 Nigerian Muslims annually go on the Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
每年，大概有5万名尼日利亚伊斯兰教徒去沙特阿拉伯的麦加朝圣。
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Lying back on my bed, I noticed an arrow on the ceiling—pointing to Mecca.
躺在床上的时候，我注意到天花板上有一个箭头——指向麦加。
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Several men wash their hands and faces with water from teakettles and kneel toward Mecca for evening prayers.
一些人用水壶里的水洗手和脸后，朝麦加方向跪下，进行晚间祈祷。
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The event normally brings about three million Muslims from one hundred sixty countries to the holy city of Mecca.
VOA: special.2009.11.11
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I mean it is still like a real big cultural mecca for African American people in New York City.
对于身在纽约的美国黑人来说，这里仍然是个真正的文化麦加圣地。
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This is Los Angeles. It's kind of the hub or Mecca for yoga in the States.
这是洛杉矶。这在美国简直是瑜伽的中心或者是圣地。
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