Mecca

英 [ˈmekə]

美 [ˈmekə]

n.  麦加(沙特阿拉伯城市，伊斯兰教圣地，先知穆罕默德出生地); 热门地方

复数：meccas　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14686 / COCA.13257

牛津词典

noun

• 麦加（沙特阿拉伯城市，伊斯兰教圣地，先知穆罕默德出生地）
  a city in Saudi Arabia that is the holiest city of Islam, being the place where the Prophet Muhammad was born
• 热门地方
  a place that many people like to visit, especially for a particular reason
  1. The coast is a mecca for tourists.
     沿海一带是旅游的热门景点。

柯林斯词典

• 麦加(沙特阿拉伯城市，伊斯兰教圣城,先知穆罕默德的诞生地，穆斯林祈祷时朝拜的方向)
  Meccais a city in Saudi Arabia, which is the holiest city in Islam because the Prophet Mohammed was born there. All Muslims face towards Mecca when they pray.
• N-COUNT 众人向往的地方;圣地;胜地
  If you describe a place as ameccaorMeccafor a particular thing or activity, you mean that many people who are interested in it go there.
  1. His Batley Variety Club became a mecca for high-class acts and mass audiences...
     他的“巴特利综艺俱乐部”成了一流演员和广大观众热捧的地方。
  2. Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia.
     泰国已经成为亚洲的旅游胜地。

双语例句

• Mecca is the holiest city, to which Muslims try to go on pilgrimage.
  麦加是最神圣的城市，穆斯林们都力图去那里朝圣。
• Probably on his way to new mecca.
  他可能要去新的麦加朝圣吧。
• The north shore is a mountain biking mecca and I run on rainforest trails every weekend.
  北海岸那边是个山地自行车热点，每周末我都会去骑车穿梭在雨林之间。
• He would make a pilgrimage to mecca.
  他要去麦加朝圣。
• The Golden Mean Miracle is in the Mecca Verse of the Koran.
  黄金分割的奇迹也存在于古兰经中关于麦加的章节里。
• Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia.
  泰国已经成为亚洲的旅游胜地。
• The research wasserved upat a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago, a mecca for thick-crust pizza.
  这项研究在美国化学研究学会在“厚皮比萨之乡”芝加哥召开的一个会议上公布。
• The leaders are expected to fly to Mecca in the next few days to seal the agreement.
  领导人将在接下来的几天中飞往麦加签署协议。
• Hostilities followed between Mecca and Medina which ended at last in a treaty.
  于是麦加与麦地那之间进入战争状态，最后只好以签订条约了结此事。
• Malaysia, my Mecca, our will go to!
  马来西亚，我向往的地方，我会去的！