| 正面 | 13073.epiphany [ɪ'pɪfəni]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、over- "outer; 覆盖在...的外面(表层)" + coat.对事物真谛的顿悟；主显节（每年一月六日纪念耶稣显灵的节日）；显现（特指神的显现） 例句： 1. By epiphany he means'sudden spiritual manifestation ".他的“显现”指的是“神灵的突现 ”. Epiphany 主显节epi-, 在上，在中。-phan, 显现，词源同photo, phantasm. epiphany (n.)early 14c., "festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles" (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital -E-), from Old French epiphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Greek epiphaneia "manifestation, striking appearance, festival held in commemoration of the appearance of a god at some particular place" (in New Testament, "advent or manifestation of Christ"), from epiphanes "manifest, conspicuous," from epiphainein "to manifest, display, show off; come suddenly into view," from epi "on, to" (see epi-) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). Of divine beings other than Christ, first recorded 1660s; general literary sense of "any manifestation or revelation" appeared 1840, first in De Quincey." |