英语单词 | fallen |
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英美音标 | 英 ['fɔːlən] 美 ['fɔːlən] |
中文释义 | adj.落下的 动词fall的过去分词. |
英语例句 | (1) It was likely to be hurt by the fallen limb. (2) He was trapped by a fallen branch, but eventually won free. |
中文例句 | (1) 它大概给落下的大树枝砸伤了。 (2) 他一度被落下的树枝挡住了,但最终还是越过了这个障碍。 |
vocabulary简明 | Something that's fallen has dropped to the ground. You might collect fallen apples to make into cider or applesauce. |
vocabulary扩展 | The most literal sense of something fallen is just what it sounds like — an object that's moved from a high place to a lower place, usually due to gravity. There are also some figurative meanings: a fallen soldier has died on the battlefield, and a fallen person has committed a moral sin or ruined his reputation. In the 17th century, fallen frequently meant "morally ruined," more often describing a women than a man. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 Fallen is the past participle of fall . 2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]阵亡士兵 The fallen are soldiers who have died in battle. [ [LITERARY 文]
3 [ADJ 形容词](基督教中指人或天使)堕落的,有罪的 In the Christian religion, fallen can be used to describe people or angels after the time when they sinned and were punished by God. [ADJ n]
4 [ADJ 形容词](女子)失贞的,失身的 In the past, people described a woman as a fallen woman when she was no longer respected because she had had sex with someone that she was not married to. [ADJ n] [disapproval] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] 5 See also:fall ; |
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