high altar• It has a high altar with finegildedcarving and a sixteenth-century sculpture of Our Lady of the Rosary.• The casket was placed on trestles before the high altar.• Within a dozen yards, I came to a set of irongates closing off the stepseast of the high altar.• The redsanctuarylampglowed ahead of them, to the left of the high altar.• It has a fine gilded carving on the high altar.• Dhani and Ian broke into a run, taking the high altar steps three at a time.• He thought of little Rosamund and went to the high altar where the great missal lay.• The burial place was surrounded by the crypt and above it, in the church, was the high altar.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ALTAR | ALTAR + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤high, main主聖壇▸➤makeshift, portable臨時聖壇;可移動的聖壇▸➤sacrificial祭壇VERB + ALTAR➤approach, go up to走近/走向聖壇◇The bride approached the altar.新娘走近聖壇。➤face面向聖壇➤decorate裝飾聖壇◇The altars were decorated with images.聖壇上裝飾有許多塑像。➤dedicate奉獻祭壇◇an altar dedicated to Saint John獻給聖約翰的祭壇➤build建造聖壇◇He built an altar to God and made a sacrifice.他給上帝建了祭壇,並獻了祭品。ALTAR + NOUN➤boy祭台助手▸➤cloth, frontal祭台布;祭台(前的)帷簾▸➤rail聖台圍欄▸➤table聖餐台➤call (especially NAmE) (福音教士要禮拜者到台前來表示效忠於基督的)獻身呼召◇He accompanied his friend to the front during an altar call.他在獻身呼召時陪着朋友來到前面。PREPOSITION➤at an/the altar在聖壇前◇Helen and Tony kneeled at the altar.海倫和托尼跪在聖壇前。➤before an/the altar在聖台前◇He lay prostrate before the high altar.他俯伏在主聖壇前。➤on an/the altar在聖壇上◇He placed the candles on the altar.他把蠟燭放在聖壇上。➤altar of⋯的聖壇◇the high altar of the church這家教堂的主聖壇