shrine /ʃraɪn/ CET6+ TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A shrine is a place of worship which is associated with a particular holy person or object. 圣殿

  例：

  ...the holy shrine of Mecca.

  …麦加的圣殿。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember. 圣地

  例：

  The monument has been turned into a shrine to the dead and the missing.

  这座纪念碑已经变成了纪念那些过世或失踪的人的圣地。