ethereal

FREQ #26146 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 轻的, 飘渺的, 天上的 [医] 醚制的, 挥发性的

发音

UK /ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
US /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/
US /iˈθɪɚ.i.əl/
AU /iˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/
AU /əˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/

词形变化

etherealest more ethereal 比较级 most ethereal 最高级

别名

aethereal aetherial æthereal ætherial æthereall ætheriall etherean etherial

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Ellipsis of ethereal wave (“music genre”).

    不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.

    空灵

    Near-synonyms: aereous, celestial

    ethereal space

    ethereal regions

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts.

    Near-synonyms: celestial, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, spiritual, uncorporeal, mystical, otherworldly, transcendental; see also Thesaurus:cosmic

  3. 3.

    Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

celestial aerial airy gossamer aeriform aery supernal

近义相关 5

delicate heavenly unreal insubstantial unsubstantial

相关短语

ethereal wave

词源

From Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upper air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air”). By surface analysis, ether + -ial.

来源：wiktionary