chapel

英 ['tʃæp(ə)l] 美['tʃæpl]

近义词shrine

GRE扩展词汇CET6TEM4IELTSTOEFL中低频词

复数: chapels;

1. cap, cape => chapel.

chapel 小教堂

词源同cap, 帽子。该词来自法国守护圣人St.Martin, 其在暴风雪之夜不忍见一乞丐受冻，将其所披斗篷割下一半给这个乞丐御寒，没曾想这一乞丐为耶稣所化身来考验他的善心的，St.Martin成功的经受了考验，最终封圣，而这一半斗篷也成为圣物在教堂保存。

chapel: chapel: [13] Chapel has a very specific source: it was originally applied to the shrine built to preserve the cloak (late Latin cappa) of St Martin of Tours as a holy relic. The diminutive form of cappa was cappella, and this came to be applied to the building itself, gradually being broadened out subsequently to any moderately sized place of worship. The word reached English via Old French chapele. The church functionary who guarded St Martin’s cloak was known by the derivative term cappellānus, source of English chaplain [12].
=> chaplain
chapel (n.): early 13c., from Old French chapele (12c., Modern French chapelle), from Medieval Latin cappella "chapel, sanctuary for relics," literally "little cape," diminutive of Late Latin cappa "cape" (see cap (n.)); by tradition, originally in reference to the sanctuary in France in which the miraculous cape of St. Martin of Tours, patron saint of France, was preserved; meaning extended in most European languages to "any sanctuary." (While serving Rome as a soldier deployed in Gaul, Martin cut his military coat in half to share it with a ragged beggar. That night, Martin dreamed Christ wearing the half-cloak; the half Martin kept was the relic.)

1. Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.: 弗朗西丝卡修女走进小教堂，坐下来，很快就睡着了。

2. His recently completed chapel for Fitzwilliam is attracting favourable comment.: 他最近为菲茨威廉建成的小教堂赢得了好评。

3. The paintings in the chapel were perhaps a thousand years old.: 小教堂里的这些画可能有1,000年的历史了。

5. Architecturally, the chapel would be the perfect match for the school.: 就建筑风格而言，这座小教堂和学校会很相称。