Hell

[hel] or [hɛl]

解释:

(noun.) noisy and unrestrained mischief; 'raising blazes'.

(noun.) (religion) the world of the dead; 'No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth'-Theognis.

(noun.) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; 'Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell'- John Milton; 'a demon from the depths of the pit'; 'Hell is paved with good intentions'-Dr. Johnson.

(noun.) a cause of difficulty and suffering; 'war is hell'; 'go to blazes'.

(noun.) any place of pain and turmoil; 'the hell of battle'; 'the inferno of the engine room'; 'when you're alone Christmas is the pits';.

校对:玛克辛--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.

(v. t.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.

(v. t.) A place where outcast persons or things are gathered

(v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.

(v. t.) A gambling house.

(v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.

(v. t.) To overwhelm.

校对:普拉特

同义词及近义词：

n. Gehenna, purgatory, limbo, abyss, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Erebus, place of torment, bottomless pit, everlasting fire, infernal regions, shades below, realms of Pluto, the lower world.

校对:罗尼

解释:

n. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death: the place of the dead indefinitely: the abode of evil spirits: the powers of hell: any place of vice or misery: a gambling-house.—adjs. Hell′-black (Shak.) black as hell; Hell′-born born in hell: of hellish origin; Hell′-bred.—ns. Hell′-broth (Shak.) a composition boiled up for malignant purposes; Hell′-cat a malignant hag; Hell′-fire the fire of hell: punishment in hell; Hell′-gate the entrance into hell.—adj. Hell′-hat′ed (Shak.) hated or abhorred as hell.—n. Hell′hound a hound of hell: an agent of hell.—adj. Hell′ish pertaining to or like hell: very wicked.—adv. Hell′ishly.—ns. Hell′ishness; Hell′-kite (Shak.) a kite of infernal breed.—adv. Hell′ward towards hell.

v.t. (Spens.) to hide.

整理:利亚