pagan

英 [ˈpeɪɡən]

美 [ˈpeɪɡən]

n. 异教徒(信奉非主流宗教者); 教外人(旧时的基督徒用以指非基督徒)
adj. 异教徒的; 非基督教的; 无宗教信仰的

复数：pagans　

Collins.2 / BNC.10206 / COCA.12376

牛津词典

noun

异教徒（信奉非主流宗教者）
a person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world's main religions
教外人（旧时的基督徒用以指非基督徒）
used in the past by Christians to describe a person who did not believe in Christianity

异教（徒）的
Paganbeliefs and activities do not belong to any of the main religions of the world and take nature and a belief in many gods as a basis. They are older, or are believed to be older, than other religions.
N-COUNT 异教徒（旧时指不信奉基督教的人）
In former times,paganswere people who did not believe in Christianity and who many Christians considered to be inferior people.
1. The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world.
  那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。
2. ...female saints who took vows of virginity rather than submit to an undesired marriage with a pagan.
  立誓独身也不愿屈服与异教徒结婚的女圣人

noun

a person who does not acknowledge your god
Synonym:heathengentileinfidel
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
Synonym:hedonistpleasure seeker
a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)

adj

not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
Synonym:heathenheathenishethnic

This was originally a pagan festival of the dead, but later became a holiday to honor Christian saints.
它原先是异教徒们纪念死者的节日，但是逐渐演变成一个纪念基督圣者的节日。
He traded his sister to a pagan.
他用他的姐妹跟一个异教徒做了交易。
The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world.
那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。
Many pagan ceremonials were eventually adopted by the church.
许多异教的仪式最终被基督教采用了。
Currently I am studying the older, pagan religions of Arcanum.
目前我正在研究奥秘中古老的异教信仰。
The word Easter derives from Eostre, the pagan goddess of spring.
Easter（复活节）一词由Eostre（多神教的春天女神）衍生而来。
While Easter is a Christian tradition, it is connected to an old pagan holiday.
虽然复活节是基督教的一个传统，但却和一个古老的异教节日有关。
The singing of Christmas carols is a custom derived from early dance routines of pagan origin
唱圣诞颂歌的风俗源自异教徒早期的舞蹈仪式。
C Easter was borrowed from the pagan festival celebrating the rebirth of the sun.
复活节是借用了异教徒节庆祝太阳的复活。
His mother was a Christian, his father was a pagan, and there was this conflict with them.
他母亲是基督徒，父亲不信教，因此家里有一种矛盾。