heaven

英 ['hev(ə)n] 美['hɛvn]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词paradise ecstasy bliss

反义词

n. 天堂；天空；极乐
n. (Heaven)人名；(英)希文

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中文词源

heaven 天堂，天国

来自古英语heofon,天空，苍穹，上帝之所，词源不详。可能来自PIE*skeu,覆盖，隐藏，词源同hide,house,sky.

词态变化

复数: heavens;

英文词源

heaven: heaven: [OE] The precise origins of the word heaven have never been satisfactorily explained. Could it perhaps be related in some way to Greek kamára ‘vault, covering’, and thus originally have denoted ‘sky thought of as arching over or covering the earth’ (‘sky’ is at least as ancient a meaning of heaven as ‘abode of god(s)’, although it now has an archaic air)? Are the tantalizingly similar German, Swedish, and Danish himmel and Dutch hemel related to it (going back perhaps to a common Germanic source *hibn- in which the /b/ sound, which became /v/ in English, was lost – as in e’en for even – and a suffix *-ila- was adopted rather than the *-ina- that produced English heaven), or are they completely different words? The etymological jury is still out.
heaven (n.): Old English heofon "home of God," earlier "sky, firmament," probably from Proto-Germanic *hibin-, dissimilated from *himin- (cognates Low German heben, Old Norse himinn, Gothic himins, Old Frisian himul, Dutch hemel, German Himmel "heaven, sky"), perhaps from a PIE root *kem- "to cover" (also proposed as the source of chemise). [Watkins derives it elaborately from PIE *ak- "sharp" via *akman- "stone, sharp stone," then "stony vault of heaven"].

Plural use in sense of "sky" is probably from Ptolemaic theory of space composed of many spheres, but it also formerly was used in the same sense as the singular in Biblical language, as a translation of Hebrew plural shamayim. Heaven-sent (adj.) attested from 1640s.

双语例句

1. They would move heaven and earth to stop me if they could.: 可能的话，他们会千方百计地阻止我。

2. "For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful.": “拜托！”多特反驳道，“它们又便宜又管用。”

3. Well, for Heaven's sake, you don't need to apologize.: 噢,看在上天的份上,你不用道歉.

4. Heaven forbid that he should leave because of me!: 但愿他不会因为我而离开！

5. It will be a heaven-sent opportunity to prove himself.: 这将是他证明自己的天赐良机。

英英释意

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

考试真题

As I sat in my own personal heaven, I started thinking about having more.

DDriven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.

The same curiosity to find what lies beyond the horizon that first brought early Polynesians to Hawaii’s shores inspires astronomers today to explore the heavens.

At issue is the TMT’s planned location on Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano worshiped by some Hawaiians as the piko , that connects the Hawaiian Islands to the heavens.

Europe is not a gender-equality heaven.

实用场景例句

Good heavens, what are you doing?: 天哪，你在干什么？

Four tall trees stretched up to the heavens.: 四棵大树参天而立。

The island is truly a heaven on earth .: 那个岛堪称人间天堂。

It was heaven being away from the office for a week.: 一个星期远离办公室真是快活极了。

This isn't exactly my idea of heaven!: 这可不太像我所想象的那么美妙！

I feel like I've died and gone to heaven.: 我仿佛觉得自己已经死了，进了天堂。

the kingdom of heaven: 天国

The match had just begun when the heavens opened and play was suspended.: 比赛刚刚开始就突然下起倾盆大雨，所以只好暂停了。

Where in heaven's name was she?: 她到底在哪儿？

They would move heaven and earth to stop me if they could.: 可能的话，他们会千方百计地阻止我。

This gained me some thinking time, and heaven knows I needed it.: 这为我赢得了一点思考的时间，而我确实非常需要它。

Heaven knows they have enough money...: 他们的钱够多了。

Heaven knows what they put in it.: 天知道他们在里面放了些什么。

Heaven help the man she marries.: 谁要娶了她就只有靠老天保佑了。

If this makes sense to our leaders, then heaven help us all...: 如果我们的领导人认为这是合情合理的，那么谁也帮不了我们了。

'I thought you were bringing it.' — 'Heavens, no.': “我以为你会带来的。”——“天哪，不会吧。”

Good Heavens! That explains a lot!...: 天哪！这下我明白了！

Heaven forbid that he should leave because of me!: 但愿他不会因为我而离开！

...a detailed map of the heavens.: 详细的星空图

He walked out into the middle of the road, looking up at the heavens.: 他走出去站在大路中间，抬头仰望着天空。

I was in cinematic heaven.: 我简直是到了观影者的天堂。

We went touring in Wales and Ireland. It was heaven...: 我们去了威尔士和爱尔兰旅游。那里真是人间仙境。

I believed that when I died I would go to heaven and see God.: 我相信自己死后会升入天堂，见到上帝。

The architectural structure of the Temple of Heaven is unique.: 天坛的建筑结构很别致.

Inscrutable are the ways of Heaven.: 天道难知.

Heaven knows what's happened to them.: 谁知道他们怎么啦.

The sun rides high in heaven.: 红日高悬.

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