单词 | god-shaped |
释义 | > as lemmasGod-shaped God-shaped adj. †(a) shaped or formed by God (obsolete rare); (b) designating a void in a non-believer's heart that is likened to the shape of God; (hence) designating a feeling of emptiness said to be experienced by a person who does not believe in God, (now) esp. in god-shaped hole. ΚΠ 1840 P. J. Bailey in Monthly Mag. Apr. 397 Dreams are mind-clouds, high and unshapen beauties, Or but God-shaped, like mountains, which contain Much and rich matter. 1897 Rep. Board Agric. 1894–6 (State of New Hampsh.) 396 All have known..trees greatly damaged by a pruning which reminds one of butchery, and which in a lover of the beautiful God-shaped trees required a large amount of Christianity to prevent expressions unbecoming a gentleman. 1917 H. G. Wells God Invisible King iv. 84 The religion of the atheist with a God-shaped blank at its heart and the persuasion of the unconverted theologian, are both like lamps unlit. 1930 J. F. Newton Things I know in Relig. 22 Not only is God implied in our very thought, He is affirmed in our denials, and without Him we are left with a God-shaped void in our hearts. 1954 R. Macaulay Let. 31 Jan. in Last Lett. to Friend (1962) 143 Always one felt in one's soul what someone has called ‘the God-shaped hole’, where God has once been, or will be, or (anyhow) ought to be. 2010 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 21 Mar. c3/5 Some people say there is a God-shaped hole in us that only God can fill. < as lemmas |
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