a. fervently pious. religious熱烈虔誠的，宗教上的。 △ R.III.3.7.91 (92):“When holy and devout reli-gious men / Are at their beads.'tis much to drawthem thence,/So sweet is zealous contemplation.”當(dāng)圣潔虔誠的教徒正在數(shù)著念珠禱告的時(shí)候，要把他們從那里拉開是大為不易的事，因?yàn)闊嶂杂隍\的思考是太心曠神怡了。