【prayer音标】 英[preə(r)] 美[prer]
【单词释义】 prayer是什么意思：
n.祈祷；祈祷（习惯）；祈祷文；经文
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] prayers
【关联词/派生词】
pray v.祈祷，祷告；祈望
【prayer形近词/近似词】
layer n.层，层次 v.把…分层
【单词例句】
◇ The family went to hear the word of God; but she went alone into her little chamber; there was only room for a bed and chair to stand in it; and here she sat down with her Prayer-Book; and whilst she read with a pious mind.
于是这家人就去听上帝的训诫了。只有她孤独地回到她的小房间里去。这儿不太宽，只能放一张床和一张椅子。她拿着一本圣诗集坐在这儿，用一颗虔诚的心来读里面的字句。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ That year, he published The Book of Common Prayer, which instructs couples to ditch a centuries-old practice in favor of slipping their wedding rings over the left fourth finger. Before long, husbands and wives throughout the continent were doing so.
那一年，他出版了《公祷书》，书中教导夫妇们抛弃延续数世纪之久的做法，鼓励他们把结婚戒指戴在左手无名指上。没过多久，整个欧洲大陆的夫妇都开始这么做了。