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heavenly

英 ['hev(ə)nlɪ] 美 ['hɛvnli]

解释

adj. 天上的；神圣的；天国似的
adv. 无比；极其

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中文词源

heavenly 天国的，美好的

比喻用法。

英文词源

heavenly (adj.): Old English heofonlic "celestial; chaste;" see heaven + -ly (1). Meaning "beautiful, divinely lovely" is late 14c., often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874. The heavenly bodies (stars, planets, etc.) attested from late 14c. Related: Heavenliness.

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例句和用法

1. The idea of spending two weeks with him may seem heavenly.: 和他一起度过两周的想法听起来似乎十分美好。

2. Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.: 不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。

3. If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.: 如果你们饶恕他们的过失, 你们的天父也必将饶恕你们的过失.

4. One heavenly body occults another.: 一颗星掩盖着另一颗星.

5. Newton proposed that heavenly and terrestrial motion could be unified with the idea of gravity.: 牛顿提出天体和地球的运动可以用万有引力来解释。