2[countableC, uncountableU]RR the holy books of a particular religion 〔某一宗教的〕经文,经籍,圣书
Hindu scriptures
印度教经文
Examples from the Corpus
scripture• And while his memorysearched wildly for a scripture, nothing came forth.• Neither of these options holds much promise for reading the Bible as scripture.• Buddhist scriptures• If one looks to sources other than the canonicalscriptures, Thomas's role assumes larger proportions.• His scripture is the dirt we're often doing.• In a number of passages there are emphaticstatements that he had come to fulfil the scriptures.• Originally they were responsible for making accuratecopies of the scriptures and for guarding the text against any errors.• Or so the scriptures tell us.
Scripture
[uncountableU] (also the (Holy) Scriptures [plural])RRC the Bible 《圣经》
the way God is portrayed in Scripture
《圣经》中对上帝的描写
Originscripture
(1300-1400)Latinscriptura“something written”, from scribere; → SCRIBE