Celestial
[sɪ'lestɪəl] or [sə'lɛstʃəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) of heaven or the spirit; 'celestial peace'; 'ethereal melodies'; 'the supernal happiness of a quiet death' .
(adj.) relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; 'celestial beings'; 'heavenly hosts' .
(adj.) of or relating to the sky; 'celestial map'; 'a heavenly body' .
布丽奇特編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
(n.) An inhabitant of heaven.
(n.) A native of China.
手打:曼弗雷德
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Of the firmament, of the visible heavens.[2]. Heavenly, supernal, angelic, seraphic, godlike.
整理:米莉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Heavenly, ethereal, atmospheric, supernal, angelic, radiant, eternal, immortal,seraphic, divine, godlike, elysian
ANT:Earthly, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, mortal, hellish, infernal
班森編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. heavenly: dwelling in heaven: in the visible heavens.—n. an inhabitant of heaven.—adv. Celest′ially.—The Celestial Empire a name for China.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It may be rendered into English thus: May your celestial majesty outlive the sun, eleven moons and a half! 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- These brooches and these rings, of a beauty so gracious and celestial, were what one called, with the permission of Monsieur, nuptial gifts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Above the figure was nothing that could be mapped elsewhere than on a celestial globe. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- This marked a preconcerted moment--for the remote celestial phenomenon had been pressed into sublunary service as a lover's signal. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- But the same hand which has cast the celestial spheres in space, has traced their course in the heavens, and does not allow them to wander at random to disturb and destroy each other. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I shall have to do a deal of traveling before I come in sight of your Celestial City. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward Egdon. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- With its concavity toward the southern sky it was closely comparable, though reverse, to the celestial meridian throughout its length from horizon to zenith. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- What is the best way, Thuvia, the shortest way out of this celestial Hades? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- We were sufficiently disappointed--Yet we examined it with care, as if its blank, rocky walls could still bear trace of celestial visitant. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- As who should say, I devote him to the celestial Powers as an immortal artist! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She imagined distinctly she could hear the celestial, musical motion of the stars, quite near at hand. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She flitted through the rooms, like a good spirit, dispatched from the celestial kingdom, to illumine our dark hour with alien splendour. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The little citizen, not to be outdone, declared her to be a celestial witness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Over his head is an automatic celestial globe invented by Tycho and constructed at his own expense in 1 590. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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