abyss

英 [ə\"bɪs] 美 [ə\"bɪs]

• 翻译

  n. 深渊；深邃，无底洞，地狱

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n. 深渊；深邃，无底洞，地狱

abyss 深渊

前缀a-, 没有。词根byss, 底，词源同base, 底，低下。

abyss

abyss:

[16] English borrowed

abyss

from late Latin

abyssus

, which in turn derived from Greek

ábussos

. This was an adjective meaning ‘bottomless’, from

a

- ‘not’a,n,d

bussós

‘bottom’, a dialectal variant of

buthós

(which is related to

bathys

‘deep’, the source of English

bathyscape

). In Greek the adjective was used in the phrase

ábussos limnē

‘bottomless lake’, but only the adjective was borrowed into Latin, bringing with it the meaning of the noun as well.

In medieval times, a variant form arose in Latin –

abysmus

. It incorporated the Greek suffix -

ismós

(English -

ism

). It is the source of French

abîme

,a,n,dwas borrowed into English in the 13th century as

abysm

(whence the 19th-century derivative

abysmal

). It began to be ousted by

abyss

in the 16th century, however,a,n,dnow has a distinctly archaic air.

abyss (n.)

late 14c., earlier

abime

(c. 1300, from a form in Old French), from Late Latin

abyssus

\\\\\\\"bottomless pit,\\\\\\\" from Greek

abyssos (limne)

\\\\\\\"bottomless (pool),\\\\\\\" from

a-

\\\\\\\"without\\\\\\\" (see a- (2)) +

byssos

\\\\\\\"bottom,\\\\\\\" possibly related to

bathos

\\\\\\\"depth.\\\\\\\"

1. The country was on the brink of an

abyss

.

国家岌岌可危。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Ahead of them was a gaping

abyss

.

他们面前是一个巨大的深渊。

来自《权威词典》

3. The people are plunged into an

abyss

of misery.

涂炭生灵.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. He is plunging into an

abyss

of despair.

他陷入了绝望的深渊.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The old society was an

abyss

of darkness.

旧社会暗无天日.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

abyss 俺必死, 额必死，因为掉入了深渊所以必死无疑 n. 深渊,无底洞, [古]地狱, 阴间
2. abyss 【俺必死，掉下必死】 　 万丈深渊