单词 | iconoclast |
释义 | iconoclast /ai'konsklaest; ai'kana/klaest/ n person who took part in the movement against the use of images in religious worship in the churches of Eastern Europe in the 8th and 9th cc (also applied to Puritans in England, 17th c); (fig) person who attacks popular beliefs or established customs which he thinks mistaken or unwise. (第八、丸世纪东欧教会中)反对崇拜偶像者(亦指十七世纪英国的清教徒); (喻)抨击一般信仰与既定习俗者。 |
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