Grail

Grailn /ɡreɪl/ noun

nHoly Grail noun

a) TRY TO DO OR GET something[singular] something that people want very much, but which is very difficult or impossible to achieve

Holy Grail of

Nuclear fusion is the Holy Grail of energy production.

b) → the Holy Grail

Examples from the Corpus

Holy Grail• That was my Holy Grail, and there could be no real life for me until I found it.• A vaccine for malaria has become something of a scientific holy grail.• The plot proper, however, is the Big One - a quest for the Holy Grail.• Another generation of Labour leaders, in the 1960s, were still left to search for the Holy Grail of economic planning.• We may remember here that the Holy Grail is sometimes considered to be a stone, as well as a vessel.• Total immunity from colds once seemed to be the unattainable Holy Grail of clinical viral science.

Examples from the Corpus

Grail• That was my Holy Grail, and there could be no real life for me until I found it.• Another generation of Labour leaders, in the 1960s, were still left to search for the Holy Grail of economic planning.• We may remember here that the Holy Grail is sometimes considered to be a stone, as well as a vessel.• What if there is no Grail or Excalibur or secret Templars?• From the same lands came the quest for the Grail that revivified the spirituality of the twelfth century.• Secondly, Buckingham wanted those relics, the Grail and Excalibur.• Odile is the patroness of the knights who sought the Grail.

Origin Grail

(1300-1400) Old French grael, from Medieval Latin gradalis “dish”

词汇	Grail
释义	Grail Grailn /ɡreɪl/ noun nHoly Grail noun a) TRY TO DO OR GET something[singular] something that people want very much, but which is very difficult or impossible to achieve Holy Grail of Nuclear fusion is the Holy Grail of energy production. b) → the Holy Grail Examples from the Corpus Holy Grail• That was my Holy Grail, and there could be no real life for me until I found it.• A vaccine for malaria has become something of a scientific holy grail.• The plot proper, however, is the Big One - a quest for the Holy Grail.• Another generation of Labour leaders, in the 1960s, were still left to search for the Holy Grail of economic planning.• We may remember here that the Holy Grail is sometimes considered to be a stone, as well as a vessel.• Total immunity from colds once seemed to be the unattainable Holy Grail of clinical viral science. Examples from the Corpus Grail• That was my Holy Grail, and there could be no real life for me until I found it.• Another generation of Labour leaders, in the 1960s, were still left to search for the Holy Grail of economic planning.• We may remember here that the Holy Grail is sometimes considered to be a stone, as well as a vessel.• What if there is no Grail or Excalibur or secret Templars?• From the same lands came the quest for the Grail that revivified the spirituality of the twelfth century.• Secondly, Buckingham wanted those relics, the Grail and Excalibur.• Odile is the patroness of the knights who sought the Grail. Origin Grail (1300-1400) Old French grael, from Medieval Latin gradalis “dish”
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