🇬🇧🇨🇳 pagan - 异教徒 : English Lesson

Meaning of "pagan" ("异教徒"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A pagan is a person who follows a religion that is not one of the big, well-known ones like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism. Many pagans like nature a lot, may believe in many gods or goddesses, and might celebrate things like the changing seasons, the moon, and the sun with special rituals or festivals.

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The pagan next door said good morning to every tree, and the trees seemed to wave back with their branches.

At the picnic, the pagan thanked the sun, the rain, and even the ants—though the ants still tried to steal his sandwich.

Our neighbor is a pagan who celebrates the first day of spring by hugging so many flowers that he sneezes for an hour.

At show-and-tell, the pagan boy brought a rock he called “Grandpa Stone” and introduced it like a very patient relative.

Our pagan cousin has more holidays than anyone else; yesterday he said, “Sorry, can’t clean my room, it’s Sacred Snack Day.”

At dusk a child followed a pagan to a low hill. The pagan kneaded earth, set bowls of berries and sang to a small carved god. The child gasped: the pagan bowed to the tree, the pagan smiled, and the pagan waved the child home. The child went home calm and bright.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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