celestial
英[s?'lest??l]
美[s?'l?st??l]
- adj. 天上的，天空的
- n. 神仙，天堂里的居民
助記提示
1. ceiling => celestial.
2. ceiling => Latin caelum "heaven, sky" => cel- / cael- + -estial => celestial.
中文詞源
celestial 天空的
來自拉丁詞caelum, 天空，最終來自PIE*kaid,*skai, 照耀，明亮，詞源同candle, shine.
英文詞源
- celestial (adj.)
- late 14c., "pertaining to heaven," from Old French celestial "celestial, heavenly, sky-blue," from Latin caelestis "heavenly, pertaining to the sky," from caelum "heaven, sky; abode of the gods; climate," which is of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *kaid-slo-, perhaps from a root also found in Germanic and Baltic meaning "bright, clear" (compare Lithuanian skaidrus "shining, clear;" Old English hador, German heiter "clear, shining, cloudless," Old Norse heie "clear sky").
The Latin word is the source of the usual word for "sky" in most of the Romance languages, such as French ciel, Spanish cielo, Italian cielo. General sense of "heavenly, very delightful" in English is from early 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. Angels are celestial beings.
- 天使是天上的神靈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Stars are celestial bodies.
- 星星是天體.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In the process of their careful watching and recording the celestial movements the Chinese provided valuable and interesting information for succeeding generations.
- 古代中國人在仔細觀察、認真記錄天體運動的過程里，為后代留下了寶貴而又有趣的資料。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.
- 萬有引力控制著天體的運動。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Celestial poles are situated directly over the earth's geographical poles.
- 天極直接位于地球的地理極上面.
來自辭典例句