church/tʃɝtʃ; tʃɜːtʃ/n 1 [C] a building where Christians go to pray [→ cathedral] 教堂﹐礼拜堂2 [U] the religious ceremonies in a church〔教堂的〕礼拜仪式: How often do you go to church ? 你隔多久去教堂做礼拜?3 also 又作 Church [C] one of the separate groups within the Christian religion〔基督教的〕派别﹐教派: the Catholic Church 天主教GRAMMAR 语法Do not use ‘a’ or ‘the’ before church when you are talking about religious ceremonies ☆ church 指礼拜仪式时﹐前面不要用 a 或 the: I didn’t see him in church this morning. 今天早上我没看到他在做礼拜。She used to go to church every Sunday. 她以前每个星期天都去做礼拜。