phoenix

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 fē'nĭks

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
    — burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood
  2. Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. figuratively
    — Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
  3. A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang. Chinese
  4. A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta. historical
    — The national currency, the phoenix, which had been established by Kapodistrias, was renamed after an ancient Greek coin, the drachma.
  5. A marvelous person or thing. obsolete
    — He may not be a phœnix of cleverness in your sense; his profession is different; but it would be all the better for you to talk a little on his subjects.
  6. A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
动词 v.
  1. To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability Australia
    — Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades.

词形变化

phoenix plural phoenixes plural phoenices plural phenix alternative,US,uncommon phœnix alternative,archaic phoenixes present,singular,third-person phoenixing participle,present phoenixed participle,past phoenixed past phenix alternative,US,uncommon phœnix alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.
词源 2
From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.
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