mystery
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 秘密，神秘，奥秘
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “to initiate”), from μύω (múō, “to shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
- An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred.
- A mystery play.
- (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning.
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
- (archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
- (chiefly in the plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
词族
派生词（38）