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Celestial French Latin Heavenly English Word Si'lestjəl A.天体的,天上的

单词 celestial
音标 [si'lestjəl]
解释 a.天体的,天上的
红宝书 【英】 adj.天体的,天上的( of or in the sky or universe)
【记】 celest(天空)+ial→ 天上的
【同】 同根词:celeste(天 蓝色)
字源 celestial (adj.)
late 14c., "pertaining to heaven," from Old French celestial "celestial, heavenly, sky-blue," from Latin caelestis "heavenly, pertaining to the sky," from caelum "heaven, sky; abode of the gods; climate," of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *kaid-slo-, perhaps from a root also found in Germanic and Baltic meaning "bright, clear" (compare Lithuanian skaidrus "shining, clear;" Old English hador, German heiter "clear, shining, cloudless," Old Norse heið "clear sky").
The Latin word is the source of the usual word for "sky" in most of the Romance languages, such as French ciel, Spanish cielo, Italian cielo. General sense of "heavenly, very delightful" in English is from early 15c.
不择手段背单词 adj. 天体的; 天国的; 神圣的
【例】The sun is celestial body 太阳是天体.
【记】celest天空, ial形容词后缀-天上的
【参】celeste(n 天蓝色)
趣味全助记 【记】ceiling 天花板,就是天上

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