apocalyptic

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发音

UK /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/
其它

词形变化

apocalyptics 复数 apocalyptics

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who predicts apocalypse.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to an apocalypse:

    Revelatory; prophetic.

    宗教
  2. 2.

    Of or relating to an apocalypse:

    Catastrophic; disastrous.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).

  4. 4.

    Catachresis for apoplectic.

    He was apocalyptically furious.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

revelatory apocalyptical

近义相关 2

prophetic prophetical

相关短语

apocalyptic number apocalyptic numbers

词源

Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”).

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