pilgrim

noun
🔊/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/
🔊/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/
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  1. a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons朝觐者;朝圣的人;香客
    • Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca前往麦加的穆斯林朝觐者
    • Christian pilgrims visiting Lourdes赴卢尔德朝圣的基督徒
    Extra Examples
    • Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock to Lourdes every year.每年成千上万的朝圣者涌向卢尔德。
    • Millions of pilgrims travel to Mecca.数百万朝圣者前往麦加。
    • They were following one of the great medieval pilgrim routes.他们走的是一条伟大的中世纪朝圣路线。
    Topics Historyc1, Religion and festivalsc1
  2. Pilgrim
    a member of the group of English people (the Pilgrim Fathers) who sailed to America on the ship The Mayflower in 1620 and started a colony in Massachusetts 清教徒前辈移民(1620 年乘五月花号赴美洲,在马萨诸塞建立英国殖民地)
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus ‘foreign’, from peregre ‘abroad’, from per- ‘through’ + ager ‘field’.