2ADJ [ADJ n]仪式性的;传统的Ritual activities happen as part of a ritual or tradition. 仪式性的;传统的
...fastings and ritual dancing.
斋戒和传统舞蹈
...an act of ritual suicide.
仪式性的自杀行为
ritually
The statue was ritually bathed and purified.
作为仪式对这座雕塑进行冲洗和净化。
3N-VAR 风俗;习惯 A ritual is a way of behaving or a series of actions which people regularly carry out in a particular situation, because it is their custom to do so. 风俗;习惯
The whole Italian culture revolves around the ritual of eating.
整个意大利的文化都以饮食习惯为中心。
Cocktails at the Plaza was a nightly ritual of their sophisticated world.
4ADJ [ADJ n]例行公事般的;习惯性的;老规矩的 You can describe something as a ritual action when it is done in exactly the same way whenever a particular situation occurs. 例行公事般的;习惯性的;老规矩的
I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises.