heavenly
英['hev(?)nl?]
美['h?vnli]
- adj. 天上的；神圣的；天國似的
- adv. 無比；極其
中文詞源
heavenly 天國的，美好的
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- heavenly (adj.)
- Old English heofonlic "celestial; chaste;" see heaven + -ly (1). Meaning "beautiful, divinely lovely" is late 14c., often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874. The heavenly bodies (stars, planets, etc.) attested from late 14c. Related: Heavenliness.
雙語例句
- 1. The idea of spending two weeks with him may seem heavenly.
- 和他一起度過兩周的想法聽起來似乎十分美好。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.
- 不知從何處響起天籟般的音樂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- 如果你們饒恕他們的過失, 你們的天父也必將饒恕你們的過失.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. One heavenly body occults another.
- 一顆星掩蓋著另一顆星.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Newton proposed that heavenly and terrestrial motion could be unified with the idea of gravity.
- 牛頓提出天體和地球的運動可以用萬有引力來解釋。
來自柯林斯例句