ethereal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/    美 /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/|/iˈθɪɚ.i.əl/|/iˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/|/əˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ellipsis of ethereal wave (“music genre”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  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.
    — Near-synonyms: aereous, celestial
  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. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
    — Vaſt chain of being ! which from God began, / Ethereal Eſſence, Spirit, Subſtance, Man, / Beaſt, Bird, Fiſh, Inſect ! [...]

词形变化

more ethereal comparative most ethereal superlative aethereal alternative aetherial alternative æthereal alternative,archaic ætherial alternative,archaic æthereall alternative,obsolete ætheriall alternative,obsolete aethereal alternative aetherial alternative æthereal alternative,archaic ætherial alternative,archaic æthereall alternative,obsolete ætheriall alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
electroethereal etherealisation etherealise etherealism ethereality etherealization etherealize etherealizing ethereally etherealness ethereal wave metethereal nonethereal unethereal

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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