visitation
英 [vɪzɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美['vɪzə'teʃən]
- n. 访问；探视；视察；正式访问
英英释意
- 1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;
- "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"
- "life is full of tribulations"
- "a visitation of the plague"
- 2. any disaster or catastrophe;
- "a visitation of the plague"
- 3. an official visit for inspection or supervision;
- "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"
- "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"