grail

柯林斯詞典

1. N-PROPER The Grail or the Holy Grail is the cup that was used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. In medieval times, many people tried to find the Grail without success. 圣杯; 耶穌基督在最后的晚餐中所使用，很多人在中世紀(jì)時(shí)試圖尋找而未果。
2. N-SING If you describe something as a grail or a holy grail, you mean that someone is trying very hard to obtain or achieve it. 努力追求的目標(biāo); 渴望之物[oft 'the' N 'of' n]
The discovery is being hailed as the Holy Grail of astronomy. 這個發(fā)現(xiàn)被認(rèn)為是為天文學(xué)圓了夢。