| [/ˈtʃæpl; ˋtʃæpl/] n 用法:
1 [C] small building or room used for Christian worship, eg in a school, prison, large private house, etc （基督徒礼拜用的）小教堂或房间（如学校、 监狱、 私人大宅等中的）:
a college chapel 学院小教堂 *
Chapel is (ie Services in chapel are) at 8 o'clock. （小教堂的）礼拜在8点钟举行. 用法:
2 [C] separate part of a church or cathedral with its own altar, used for small services and private prayer 私人祈祷处（教堂或大教堂中有自己祭坛的独立部分, 用於小规模礼拜或私人祈祷）:
a `Lady chapel, ie one dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus 圣母堂（供奉耶稣之母马利亚的礼拜堂）. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page viii. 用法:
3 [C](Brit) place used for Christian worship by Nonconformists（非英国国教徒礼拜基督的）教堂:
a Methodist `chapel 卫理公会教堂 *
She goes to/attends chapel regularly. 她经常去新教徒教堂作礼拜. *
(dated 旧) Are they church or chapel? ie Do they belong to the Anglican Church or to a Nonconformist denomination? 他们是英国国教徒还是非国教徒? 用法:
4 [CGp] (members of a) branch of a trade union in a newspaper office or printing house 报社或印刷厂工会（会员）:
The chapel voted against a strike. 印刷工会投票反对罢工. 用法:
5 [C] (esp US) local branch of a club, society, etc 俱乐部、 社团等的地方分部. |