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单词 censer
释义
censer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.sər/us
/ˈsen.sɚ/
acontainerforincense(= asubstancethat isburnedtoproduceasweetsmell,especiallyaspartof areligiousceremony):
Apriestbeganwalkingthrough thecongregationswinginga censer.
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More examples
  • Thedrawingsshowchangingstylesofprehistoriccensers in the Mayanera.
  • In thetemplecensersburned,fillingtheairwithfragranthaze.
  • During theMass, thelitaniesandprayers, the censersswingingto andfroand thesmellofincensemade herfeellightheaded.
  • Sheplaceda palmful ofincenseinto the censer andlitit.
  • Thechestcontainedasilvercenser, anivoryandgoldcross, twosilvercandelabra, and twogospelbooksingoldandsilver.
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(Definition ofcenserfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcenser

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Where kiln furniture such as saggers does appear, it may not be recognized, or it may be evaluated as large, coarseware censers.
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These may have functioned as lids for complex censers or braziers.
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Seven of the effigies were placed to the south with at least four spiked lidded censers.
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All modeled censers were recovered from contexts that indicate their use atop structure summits in the rear sections of what were likely enclosed rooms.
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These comparisons indicate that the south concentrations contained greater percentages of slipped ceramics and censers.
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For one, elaborately modeled image censers andcenserstands abruptly ceased to be used, and spiked hourglass and ladle censers were adopted.
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Vents under the arm and in the open mouth of the singing figure served as the exit holes and smoking "breath" of thecenser.
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The reference would be to white stuccoed non-effigy censers used to burn incense near stelae and then left at their place of use.
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Non-image and particularly spiked censers were more associated with birth/renewal, earth, rain, and calendrical rituals involving fire drilling.
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Ferree suggests that this technological change allowed the production of a new "form" ofcenserthat was not technologically possible before this development.
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One approach to the function or ritual meaning of censers is to examine the complex iconography of their modeled and appliqued embellishments.
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Complex pronged bowl-and-support censers are composed of a ceramic basal support generally attached to three prongs, upon which a ceramic bowl would rest.
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Such a symbolic relationship is of unknown origin and duration, but it could help explain the occasional recovery of paired censers in burials.
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In contrast to the figurines, there is no evidence that long-handle censers were circulated by exchange or any other means.
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