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Ethereal means very delicate and light, in a way that does not seem fully real. A voice, a piece of music, a face, a dress, or morning mist can feel ethereal — as if you could not quite hold it.
EtherealEthereal means very delicate and light的意思是「非常纖細、輕盈」 in a way that does not seem fully real輕到感覺不像是完全真實的東西。 A voice, a piece of music, a face, a dress, or morning mist一個聲音、一段音樂、一張臉、一件洋裝,或清晨的薄霧 can feel ethereal都可能讓人覺得ethereal — as if you could not quite hold it彷彿你沒辦法真正抓住它
It is a soft, slightly literary word, more at home in a story or a review than in a science lab.
It is a soft, slightly literary word這是一個柔和、帶點文學氣息的字 more at home in a story or a review比較適合出現在故事或書評裡 than in a science lab而不是科學實驗室裡
Under it sits an older picture: Latin aetherius and Greek aithérios, 'of the upper air,' from ether, the clear sky people once imagined above ordinary air. That heaven-sense still colours the modern one.
Under it sits an older picture這個字底下藏著一個比較古老的畫面: Latin aetherius and Greek aithérios拉丁文aetherius和希臘文aithérios 'of the upper air,'意思是「上層空氣的」 from ether來自ether the clear sky people once imagined above ordinary air人們曾經想像存在於一般空氣之上的那片清澈天空。 That heaven-sense still colours the modern one那種「天界」的感覺,至今仍為這個字現在的意思染上色彩
In ordinary talk it does not mean 'made of the chemical ether,' and it has nothing to do with Ethernet.
In ordinary talk it does not mean 'made of the chemical ether,'在日常對話裡,它不是指「由化學物質乙醚做成的」 and it has nothing to do with Ethernet也跟Ethernet(乙太網路)沒有關係
Used well, it praises a beauty that feels almost too fine. Used too often, it can sound like showing off.
Used well用得好的時候 it praises a beauty that feels almost too fine它是在稱讚一種幾乎太過精緻的美。 Used too often用得太頻繁 it can sound like showing off就可能聽起來像是在賣弄
組成ether (from Latin aether / Greek aithḗr, the upper sky) + -ial (makes an adjective). From Latin aetherius, Greek aithérios, 'of the upper air.'
同家族的字
- etherthe base: old word for the clear upper sky, later also a light chemical
- ethereallythe adverb formed with -ly
原始詞典資料4 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。
etherealadj/ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
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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
- ethereal space
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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
- Sure he preſum'd of praiſe, vvho came to ſtock / Th' etherial paſtures vvith ſo fair a flock; / Burniſh'd, and bat'ning on their food, to ſhovv / The diligence of carefull herds belovv.
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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 ! [...]
- Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius developes itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。