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ethereal

英 [ɪ'θɪərɪəl] 美[ɪ'θɪrɪəl]
  • adj. 天上的;轻的;像空气的

英英释意


1. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air;
"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
"aerial fancies"
"an airy apparition"
"physical rather than ethereal forms"
2. of or containing or dissolved in ether;
"ethereal solution"
3. of heaven or the spirit;
"celestial peace"
"ethereal melodies"
"the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
4. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy;
"this smallest and most ethereal of birds"
"gossamer shading through his playing"