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An abyss is a hole or space so deep it feels like it has no bottom — literally, this can mean the deepest, darkest part of the ocean, far below where light reaches. People also use it to talk about a feeling or a situation that feels endless and , like 'an abyss of despair' or 'staring into the abyss', meaning facing something with no clear bottom or end in sight.
深淵
組成from Greek: a- (without) + byssos (bottom) — so it literally means 'without a bottom'.
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
abyssnoun/əˈbɪs/
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Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
- 'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'
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A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
- Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.
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Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
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Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
- They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.
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An impending catastrophic happening.
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governmentheraldryhobbiesThe center of an escutcheon; fess point.
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geographynatural-sciencesoceanographyThe abyssal zone.
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A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。