c. 1300, gral, "the Holy Grail," from Old French graal, greal "Holy Grail; cup," earlier "large shallow dish, basin," from Medieval Latin gradalis, also gradale, grasale, "a flat dish or shallow vessel." The original form is uncertain; the word is perhaps ultimately from Latin crater "bowl," which is from Greek krater "bowl, especially for mixing wine with water" (see crater (n.)).
Holy Grail is anglicized from Middle English seint gral (c. 1300), also sangreal, sank-real (c. 1400), which seems to show deformation as if from sang real "royal blood" (that is, the blood of Christ) The object had been inserted into the Celtic Arthurian legends by 12c., perhaps in place of some pagan otherworldly object. It was said to be the cup into which Joseph of Arimathea received the last drops of blood of Christ (according to the writers who picked up the thread of Chrétien de Troyes' "Perceval") or the dish from which Christ ate the Last Supper (Robert de Boron), and ultimately was identified as both ("þe dische wiþ þe blode," "Joseph of Aramathie," c. 1350?).
实用例句
1. The discovery is being hailed as The Holy Grail of astronomy.
这一发现圆了天文学界的一个梦想。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Now he found that he had committed himself to the following of a grail.
现在他发现已经把自己献身于一种理想的追求.
来自辞典例句
3. Some people link Mary to the Holy Grail and the Knights Templar.
一些人就把玛丽亚和圣杯与圣骑士连接在一起.
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4. NBD : Grail arrived now 2000 dotty position, how does illicit collect consider?
NBD: 大盘现在到了2000多点的位置, 私募是怎么考虑的?
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5. Is your means black line be stock grail go situation?