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Oblivion State Root 12678.Oblivion 英 ə'Blɪvɪən]美 释义 N

正面 12678.oblivion
英 [ə'blɪvɪən]美

背面
释义:
n. 遗忘;湮没;赦免
例句:
1. An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.城市的一整片贫民区被炸为了平地。

1. 谐音“我把你忘、额把你忘”。
oblivion 遗忘,忘却来自拉丁语oblivio,忘记,遗忘,来自oblino,涂抹,抹掉,-v,印欧语词干。来自ob-,相对,对着的,-lino,涂抹,词源同liniment,delete,obliterate.比喻用法。
oblivion (n.)late 14c., "state or fact of forgetting," from Old French oblivion (13c.) and directly from Latin oblivionem (nominative oblivio) "forgetfulness; a being forgotten," from oblivisci (past participle oblitus) "forget," originally "even out, smooth over, efface," from ob "over" (see ob-) + root of levis "smooth," from PIE *lei-w-, from root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (see slime (n.)). Meaning "state of being forgotten" is early 15c."

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