empyrean

n. 最高天, 九天, 苍天

发音

US /ɛmˌpaɪˈɹiːn̩/

词形变化

empyreans 复数 empyreans

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.

    历史
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.

    重霄

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

heavens sphere firmament celestial sphere welkin

上位词 1

surface

部分词 5

zodiac apex zenith nadir solar apex
形容词

同义词 2

sublime empyreal

近义相关 1

glorious

词源

From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).

来源：wiktionary