Phoenix
['fiːnɪks] or ['finɪks]
解释:
(noun.) the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation.
(noun.) a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
(noun.) a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years.
(noun.) a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa.
编辑:西尔维亚--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Same as Phenix.
(n.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
布雷迪录入
解释:
n. a fabulous bird said to have existed for 500 years all alone in the wilderness and after burning itself on a funeral pile to have risen from its own ashes—hence the emblem of immortality: a paragon.
本校对
娱乐性解释：
n. The classical prototype of the modern 'small hot bird. '
录入:温德尔
例句:
- Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The Ocean, The Phoenix, The Consort, The Dolphin, were passed in turns; but The Vivid was my ship, and it seemed she lay further down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- There is a certain bird called a phoenix. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Business is business, and there is nothing like punctuality, especially in a phoenix. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In it this account of the fabled phoenix occurs: 1. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I also became once more known to his sister, Miss Micawber, in whom, as Mr. Micawber told us, 'her mother renewed her youth, like the Phoenix'. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
编辑:奥斯本