sexton

noun

1. （负责看管教堂及其周边设施、敲钟等的）教堂司事
   a person whose job is to take care of a church and its surroundings, ring the church bell, etc.

1. They were all hares, and the crow was there as parson to marry the bride and bridegroom, and the fox served as sexton, and their altar was under the rainbow.
   奶牛是牧师，为新郎新娘主持婚礼；狐狸是司仪，祭坛在彩虹下面。
2. And, since Satan saw fit to steal it, your reverence must needs handle him without gloves, henceforward, remarked the old sexton, grimly smiling.
   那么，既然撒旦瞅机会偷了它去，阁下您以后就应该不戴手套去对付他了，那老司役狞笑着说。
3. But, as he came down the pulpit steps, the grey-bearded sexton met him, holding up a black glove, which the minister recognised as his own.
   但是，就在他走下讲坛的阶梯时，那灰胡须的教堂司役上来迎着他。那人手中举着一只黑手套，牧师认出了是自己的。
4. It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.-Anne Sexton.
   父亲是什么样的人并不重要，重要的是我心目的父亲是什么样的人。（美国诗人安妮·塞克斯顿）
5. The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female ( Anne Sexton)
   海是死亡之母并且她确实是女性化的（安妮塞克斯顿）
6. A little thought is sexton to all the world.
   一个小念头对于整个世界就是敲钟挖墓的教堂执事。
7. "Farewell," said Little Claus, as he went off with his money and the GREat chest, in which the sexton lay still concealed.
   “再会吧！”小克劳斯说，于是他就推着钱和那只大箱子走了，牧师还坐在箱子里面。
8. His father worked as sexton in the local church.
   他的父亲在当地教会做教堂司事。
9. In consequence of this dislike, the sexton had gone to visit the farmer's wife during her husband's absence from home, and the good woman had placed before him the best she had in the house to eat.
   因为这个缘故，所以这个牧师这时才来向这女人道“日安”，因为他知道她的丈夫不在家。这位贤慧的女人把她所有的好东西都搬出来给他吃。
10. You and Hareton may, if you please, accompany me: and mind, particularly, to notice that the sexton obeys my directions concerning the two coffins!
    如果你们愿意，你和哈里顿可以陪我去：特别要记住，注意教堂司事要遵照我关于两个棺木的指示！
11. Women and Taboos& The Prominent Factors in Anne Sexton's Poetry
    女性与禁忌&安妮·塞克斯顿的诗歌主题初探
12. "She lived in another hamlet, my dear," returned the sexton. He must be your first cousin, if your fathers were brothers.
    她住过另外一个村子里，亲爱的，教堂管事说。如果你们的父亲是弟兄，你们应是嫡堂兄弟了。
13. On American Confessional Poet Anne Sexton
    试论美国自白派诗人安妮·塞克斯顿
14. "What is it but a grave!" said the sexton.
    “那不过是一座坟墓罢了，”教堂管事说。
15. He was a good man, but still he had a very strange prejudice,& he could not bear the sight of a sexton.
    他倒是一个很善良的人，不过他有一个怪毛病&他怎么也看不惯牧师。
16. You said you leftthe sexton's partybecause you felt weird.
    你说你离开那个宴会是因为你觉得有点怪？
17. Earnshaw and I, the sexton, and six men to carry the coffin, comprehended the whole attendance.
    恩萧和我、教堂司事，和另外六个人一起抬棺木，这便是送殡全体。
18. The farmer's wife and the sexton were sitting at the table together;
    农夫的妻子和乡里的牧师在桌旁坐着，再没有别的人在场。
19. The old sexton, leaning on a crutch, was taking the air at his cottage door.
    那个年老的教堂管事，拄着一根拐杖，正在他的家门口呼吸新鲜空气。
20. I got the sexton, who was digging Linton's grave, to remove the earth off her coffin-lid, and I opened it.
    我找到了给林惇掘坟的教堂司事，就叫他把她的棺盖上的土拨开，我打开了那棺木。
21. Anne Sexton: Dancing with Madness
    安妮·塞克斯顿：与疯狂共舞
22. As a confessional poet, Anne Sexton followed Sylvia Plath's example and ultimately committed suicide.
    安妮·塞克斯顿是继西尔维亚·普拉斯之后第二位自杀的自白派诗人。

noun

1. an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects

   Synonym:    sacristan