Atlantean

n. 如 Atlas 的,力大无双的,Atlantis 岛的

发音

/ətˈlænti.ən/
/ætlənˈtiːən/

词形变化

Atlanteans 复数 Atlanteans

别名

Atlantian

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis.

    1847, M. Bodichon, Études sur l'Algérie, translated in Nott & Gliddon, 1854, Types of mankind, The Atlanteans, among the ancients, passed for the favorite children of Neptune; they made known the worship of this god to other nations

  2. 2.

    A pillar or statue in the form of an architectural atlas.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength

  2. 2.

    Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas

    比喻

    1940, WHD Rouse, trans. of Nonnus, Dionysiaca I [Elektra] shall pass from the earth to the stars’ Atlantean vault, and dwell in heaven

  3. 3.

    Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures

  4. 4.

    Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.

    2002, Vadim Joseph Rossman, Vidal Sassoon, International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim), Russian Intellectual Antisemitism in the Post-Communist Era, Barkashov saw a critical difference between Atlantis and Hyperborea in the organization of labor. The Atlantean economy, he claims, was based on the use of the mass slave labor in agriculture and crafts, while the Aryan civilization did not employ slaves nor tolerate slavery.

  5. 5.

    flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean

    比喻
  6. 6.

    of Saturn's moon Atlas

name
  1. 1.

    The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis.

  2. 2.

    A constructed language invented for the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

词源

From Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean.

来源：wiktionary