英语词汇“epiphany”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e·piph·a·ny

(ĭ-pĭfə-nē)

n. pl. e·piph·a·nies

1. Epiphany A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi, traditionally observed on January 6.

2. A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.

3. A sudden insight or intuitive understanding: "He had a painful epiphany about the absurdity of the job and quit" (Aleksandar Hemon).

[Middle English epiphanie, from Old French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Greek epiphaneia, manifestation, from epiphainesthai, to appear : epi-, forth; see EPI- + phainein, phan-, to show; see bhā-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

ep′i·phanic (ĕp′ə-fănĭk) adj.

单词	epiphany
释义	e·piph·a·ny (ĭ-pĭfə-nē) n. pl. e·piph·a·nies 1. Epiphany A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi, traditionally observed on January 6. 2. A revelatory manifestation of a divine being. 3. A sudden insight or intuitive understanding: "He had a painful epiphany about the absurdity of the job and quit" (Aleksandar Hemon). [Middle English epiphanie, from Old French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Greek epiphaneia, manifestation, from epiphainesthai, to appear : epi-, forth; see EPI- + phainein, phan-, to show; see bhā-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ep′i·phanic (ĕp′ə-fănĭk) adj.
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