heavenly
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英 /ˈhɛvənli/
美 /ˈhɛvənli/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
— Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.
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Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
— The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.
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Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.
— Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more.
副词 adv.
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In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
— by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.
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To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
— Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.
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词源 1
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).
词源 2
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).
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