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A Quaker is a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian group. Quakers often meet in a quiet room with no priest and no set ceremony; people speak when they feel they should. The group is known for refusing violence and for trying to live simply.
A Quaker貴格會教徒 is是 a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian group公誼會(一個基督教團體)這個組織的成員。Quakers貴格會教徒們 often meet in a quiet room常常在安靜的房間裡聚會, with no priest and no set ceremony沒有神職人員、也沒有固定儀式; people speak when they feel they should有人覺得該說話時才開口。The group這個團體 is known for以...聞名 refusing violence拒絕暴力 and for trying to live simply並試著過簡樸的生活。
They call themselves Friends; Quaker began as a nickname. The story is that a judge heard George Fox tell people to at the word of God, and the name stuck. Though actually, members use Quaker themselves now, without shame.
They他們 call themselves自稱 Friends公誼會友(Friends); Quaker而Quaker這個稱呼 began as a nickname一開始是個綽號。The story故事是說 is that a judge heard George Fox tell people to tremble at the word of God一位法官聽到喬治·福克斯叫人要在神的話語前顫抖, and the name stuck於是這個稱呼就流傳下來了。Though actually不過其實, members成員們自己 use Quaker themselves now現在也自稱Quaker, without shame一點也不覺得丟臉。
You write it with a capital Q because it is the name of a people, not a description of shaking. In Taiwan the name people recognise is 貴格會.
You你 write it with a capital Q這個字要大寫Q, because it is the name of a people因為它是一個群體的名稱, not a description of shaking而不是在描述顫抖。In Taiwan在台灣, the name people recognise大家熟悉的名稱 is是 貴格會。
組成quake (to shake) + -er (a person who). The nickname came from trembling before God, not from a Latin word.
同家族的字
- quakethe verb inside the name: to shake
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Quakernoun詞源 1/ˈkweɪkə/
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A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
- The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, Presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.
Quakernoun詞源 2/ˈkweɪkə/
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video-gamesA player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.
quakernoun
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biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。