• n. 麥加（沙特阿拉伯一座城市）；眾人渴望去的地方

來自阿拉伯語Makkah,伊斯蘭教圣城，穆罕默德出生地，可能來自阿拉伯語mahrab,圣殿，圣所。每個穆斯林教徒一生中必須至少朝拜一次的地方。

Mecca

Arabic Makkah, sacred city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad, which every Muslim must visit at least once. Origins have been proposed in Phoenician maqaq "ruined" or Arabic mahrab "sanctuary." Figurative sense of "any place one holds supremely sacred" (usually with lower-case m-) is in English from 1850. Related: Meccan.

1. Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia.

泰國已經成為亞洲的旅游勝地。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The coast is a mecca for tourists.

沿海一帶是旅游的熱門景點。

來自《權威詞典》

3. Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca

前往麥加的穆斯林朝圣者

來自《權威詞典》

4. He was on his annual pilgrimage to Mecca when he fell ill.

他在一年一度前往麥加朝圣的途中病倒了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He at last left Mecca on a night in AD 1728.

他最后于公元1728年的一個晚上離開了麥加.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》