单词 | empyrean |
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音标 | [`empai'ri(:)ən] |
解释 | n. 天空,天神居处 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.天空,天神居处(f irmament; the highest heaven) 【记】 em+pyr(火)+ean→进 入火中(太阳的地方) →天空 【同】 同根词:pyre(火葬柴 堆); pyrogenic(发热的) |
字源 | empyrean (n.) mid-14c. (as empyre), from Greek empyros "fiery," from en (see en- (2)) + pyr "fire" (see fire (n.)); confused by early writers with imperial. In Greek cosmology, the highest heaven, the sphere of pure fire; later baptized with a Christian gloss as "the abode of God and the angels." |
不择手段背单词 | n. 最高天(天堂的最高处: 是火与光的圣地); 天堂(上帝与天使们的住所) = paradise 【记】em进入, pyr = fire火-进入火中圣地-最高天这个单词不着急记, 到了P部份就好了. 【参】pyre(n 火葬用的柴堆); pyrogenic(v 由热引起的); empyreal(adj 最高天的; 九天的) = celestial = sublime |
趣味全助记 | 【记】empyreal |
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