phoenix

B1 大学 FREQ #5543

n. 凤凰, 不死鸟, 死而复生的人, 完人, 殊品

发音

其它 /ˈfiːnɪks/

词形变化

phoenices phoenixes 复数 phoenixes phoenixing phoenices 复数 phoenixed phoenixes 三单 phoenixing 现在分词 phoenixed 过去式 phoenixed 过去分词

别名

pheonix phenix phœnix

教材释义与例句

名词

凤凰；死而复生的人

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

    凤凰

    不死鸟

    宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

    比喻

    Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.

  3. 3.

    A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  4. 4.

    A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.

    历史
  5. 5.

    A marvelous person or thing.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability

    澳大利亚

相关短语

Phoenix City Phoenix Islands 菲尼克斯群岛；凤凰群岛（基里巴斯三大主要岛群之一） Phoenix Lake phoenix palm phoenix palms Phoenix Park like a phoenix from the ashes Texas phoenix palm decline

词源

From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.

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