doomsday

FREQ #16510

n. 世界末日

发音

US /ˈduːmz.deɪ/

词形变化

doomsdays 复数 doomsdays

别名

domesday

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.

    末日

    世界末日

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  2. 2.

    Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

    可数 不可数 宗教
  3. 3.

    Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.

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  4. 4.

    Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.

  2. 2.

    Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.

  3. 3.

    Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

doom day of reckoning end of the world crack of doom day of judgement day of judgment eschaton judgement day judgment day

上位词 3

day fate destiny

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).

来源：wiktionary