English Dictionary

vow

IPA（発音記号）

/vaʊ/

名詞

廃用

A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. / A declaration or assertion.

日本語の意味

厳粛な誓い：特に宗教的な戒律に従って生き、行動することを約束する、神聖で固い約束。 / 宣言または断言：何かをしようとする意思や考えを明言すること。

At the monastery's twilight ceremony, she whispered her vow to dedicate the rest of her life to prayer and service.

修道院の夕暮れの儀式で、彼女は祈りと奉仕に残りの人生を捧げるという厳粛な誓いを囁いた。

意味（1）

A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.

意味（2）

A declaration or assertion.

Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by dirty words. It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – profanity, curses, oaths and swearing itself.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A votive offering.

There are also waxen vows, that represent other parts of the body mixed with them; but of these there are few in comparison of the number of the Priapi.

vows （ plural ）