heavenly
英 ['hev(?)nl?]
美['h?vnli]
- adj. 天上的；神圣的；天國(guó)似的
- adv. 無(wú)比；極其
TOEFL低頻詞暢通詞匯
中文詞源
heavenly 天國(guó)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(yǔ)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(lái)似乎十分美好。
來(lái)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(lái)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(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. One heavenly body occults another.
- 一顆星掩蓋著另一顆星.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(yùn)動(dòng)可以用萬(wàn)有引力來(lái)解釋。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句