abyss

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n. 深渊, 深邃, 地狱

发音

UK /əˈbɪs/
US /əˈbɪs/
US /æˈbɪs/

词形变化

abysses 复数 abysses

别名

abysm abyssus abime

教材释义与例句

名词

深渊；深邃，无底洞，地狱

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

    深渊

  2. 2.

    A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

    深渊

  3. 3.

    Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.

  4. 4.

    Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

    深渊

    They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.

  5. 5.

    An impending catastrophic happening.

    深渊

  6. 6.

    The center of an escutcheon; fess point.

    深渊

    政治 纹章
  7. 7.

    The abyssal zone.

  8. 8.

    A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

    截然不同

    鸿沟

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

abysm

上位词 1

chasm

相关短语

oceanic abyss un. 海渊

词源

From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βυσσός (bussós, “deep place”), from βυθός (buthós, “deep place”). Displaced native Old English neowolnes.

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