epiphany

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈpɪfəni/|/ɪˈpɪfni/|/ɛˈpɪfəni/    美 /ɪˈpɪfəni/|/ɪˈpɪfni/|/ɛˈpɪfəni/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder. countable
    — It came to her in an epiphany what her life's work was to be.
  2. A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being. countable
    — The ithyphallic bird-man is the climactic, ecstatic, instantaneous male principle confronting the enormous, slow, bovine, and enduring principle of the eternal feminine in her epiphany as the bison.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Epiphany. alt-of,countable,uncountable

词形变化

epiphanies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
epiphanal epiphanic epiphanous epiphany cake epiphanylike sleepiphany
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词源

From Middle English epiphanie, from Old French epyphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, from Ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “manifestation, striking appearance”), from ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō, “I appear, display”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”). English Epiphany (of Christ) since the 14th century, generic use since the 17th century.
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